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Date:      11 Oct 2005 16:22:59 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: CDROM Unknown Transfer Error crashes system
Message-ID:  <441x2r9524.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <434BB9B5.5070309@sstire.com>
References:  <4348ACCD.7050203@sstire.com> <44irw5wion.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <434BB9B5.5070309@sstire.com>

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Don't top-post, please.

Wayne Witzke <wwitzke@sstire.com> writes:

> Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> > Wayne Witzke <wwitzke@sstire.com> writes:
> >
> >>I've googled the error, but the information was mostly related to cd
> >>burning or errors in different releases from months or years
> >>ago. Nothing recent that I could find.
> >>
> >>Does anybody have any idea what's going on and how I can fix whatever it is?
> > You could talk to the main ATA developer (sos@freebsd.org), but he
> > will almost certainly want to know what happens with more recent
> > code.  Can you try updating your system?
> >

> Thank you for your reply!
> 
> Are you talking about upgrading to the 6.0-BETA?  Is it a fairly
> transparent process, or is it going to require a lot of reconfiguring
> and reinstalling?  I'm not sure I have time to update if that's the
> case.  I'm working under a deadline at the moment.

RELENG_5 would be an improvement.  It's not necessary, but developers
find it much easier to debug recent code than older versions.  

> Is there anything that I can do to capture more information the next
> time my computer reboots spontaneously?

Try to get a crash dump.  There's more information on it in the
Handbook.  And some related information on panic analysis (if you can
get it to that point) in the FAQ.


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