From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Oct 25 04:24:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA10567 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Sun, 25 Oct 1998 04:24:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ibm.net. (slip166-72-224-27.pa.us.ibm.net [166.72.224.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA10562 for ; Sun, 25 Oct 1998 04:24:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from placej@ibm.net) Received: (from placej@localhost) by ibm.net. (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA00257; Sun, 25 Oct 1998 08:24:23 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from placej) Message-ID: <19981025082423.A237@ka3tis.com> Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 08:24:23 -0500 From: "John C. Place" To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel panic from quota? Reply-To: "John C. Place" Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <19981024033231.A6200@homer.louisville.edu> <19981024103119.16296@ka3tis.com> <19981024113253.B3102@homer.louisville.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <19981024113253.B3102@homer.louisville.edu>; from Keith Stevenson on Sat, Oct 24, 1998 at 11:32:53AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Oct 24, 1998 at 11:32:53AM -0400, Keith Stevenson wrote: > It's my understanding that when the kernel drops core, it leaves behind an > image of your _entire_ VM space. Since this particular box has 512MB of RAM in > it, a 512MB core file seems reasonable to me. (I _like_ having half gig of > RAM!) > That was my point if you limit the amount of ram then you could diagnose the problem with only a 8 or 16MB file. Might make it easier to diagnose. Just a Thought John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message