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:I can break into DDB from the serial console, but I can't get the system to  
:generate a panic.  It prints "syncing disks..." and freezes.
:
:...
:
:	syncing disks...
:
:  Is there a way from DDB to get a core other than calling panic?
:
:barry

    There's got to be a way to get FreeBSD to panic from DDB without 
    flushing its disk buffers.  I'm just not sure how.  Anyone have any
    ideas?

						-Matt


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