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Date:      Thu, 23 Dec 1999 12:42:08 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Kevin Walton <kevin@unseen.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: panic: vinvalbuf: dirty bufs
Message-ID:  <19991223124208.I1316@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.991222214640.19154C-100000@mach.unseen.org>
References:  <Pine.NEB.3.96.991222214640.19154C-100000@mach.unseen.org>

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On Wednesday, 22 December 1999 at 21:53:16 +0000, Kevin Walton wrote:
> Hi
>
> Useing 3.3-Rel I get a "panic: vinvalbuf: dirty bufs" right at the end of
> trying to newfs an IBM Deskstar DPTA-373420:
>
> /kernel: wdc0: unit 1 (wd1): <IBM-DPTA-373420>
> /kernel: wd1: 32634MB (66835440 sectors), 66305 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S
>
> Im trying to newfs it as a single drive, and I tried Partioning it
> both as the true full disk and as the full disk being compatable with
> other OS's (not sure of the right terminology there).

In the cases where I've seen it, it has been because the drive has
gone down and close() can't flush the buffers.  I'd guess that
something on the drive has upset the system.  There's not very much we
can do without a dump.

Greg
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