Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 10:46:12 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers) Cc: mark@quickweb.com (Mark Mayo) Subject: Re: crash on 2.1R Message-ID: <199607180846.KAA04334@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.94.960718003923.542A-100000@scooter.quickweb.com> from Mark Mayo at "Jul 18, 96 00:46:43 am"
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As Mark Mayo wrote: > server). I have two theories: > > 1.) VM bug. It screwed up on the swap and crashed out (could be hardware > or the OS) > > 2.) vi killed it! I think maybe the vi.recover backup filled up /var?? > Is that how vi does it's backup thing? vi (when used without the -C option) copies over the entire file into /var/tmp/. Since your file was 4 MB, and you've got plenty of space in /var, this is unlikely to be a problem. (The machine isn't supposed to crash anyway, you should get a ``file system full'' message.) However, without telling us _what_ happened, it's hard to tell you about the reason. (Try looking up the old kernel messages in /var/log/messages.) -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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