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Date:      Sun, 19 Oct 2003 12:08:09 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
To:        Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 5.1-CURRENT rebooting (multile systems) -- How to troubleshoot?
Message-ID:  <3F92B6E9.5030006@potentialtech.com>
In-Reply-To: <20031019113345.G54982@alpha.siliconlandmark.com>
References:  <3F91E963.7080808@twcny.rr.com> <20031019113345.G54982@alpha.siliconlandmark.com>

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Andre Guibert de Bruet wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Oct 2003, Tom Parquette wrote:
> 
>>My question is, if the system fails (I'm assuming these are panics) how
>>do I get the machine to NOT automatically reboot so I can copy down the
>>failure information?  (Unless these are logged somewhere I have not
>>found yet.)
> 
> Try hooking up a serial console and logging a system run with "boot -v",
> overnight. Make sure that you have all of the kernel debug options in
> GENERIC in your kernel as they will provide insight that can help trace
> the problem.

Additionally, set your kernel up for debugging.  This will allow you to
get a great deal of information after a crash.  This section of the
developer's handbook will talk you through it:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug.html


-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com



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