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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
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Subject: Re: 5.3-STABLE not saving panics ?
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On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 07:00:47PM +0000, - wrote:
>    Hi,
>=20
> I Have a server that keeps panicking when under some load, and I need to=
=20
> understand where the problem is. I've built a kernel with makeoptions=20
> DEBUG=3D-g, DDB, DDB_UNATTENDED. I've added dumpdev=3D"/dev/ad3s1b" to=20
> rc.conf. But still, whenever it panicks, nothing will be logged to=20
> /var/log/messages (my 5.2.1-RELEASE workstation also logs panics there)=
=20
> and most important nothing will be in /var/crash/ ..
>=20
> I can confirm it is indeed panicking because a friend brought the server=
=20
> from the datacenter to his home and we are testing it. I can easily make=
=20
> it panic by killing init, but even these will not be dumped to /var/crash/
>=20
> Have I missed something obvious ?

Is savecore being run at boot time?

What is displayed on the console when the system panics?

Kris

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