Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:46:18 +0000 From: Michal <michal@sharescope.co.uk> To: Hans.F.Nordhaug@hiMolde.no, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /bin/sh core dumps on FreeBSD 7.2 Message-ID: <4AFBE77A.8060605@sharescope.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <hdgodr$ug3$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <20091112103308.GA2536@hiMolde.no> <hdgodr$ug3$1@ger.gmane.org>
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Ivan Voras wrote: > Hans F. Nordhaug wrote: >> Hi! >> >> Suddenly /bin/sh started to crash all the time with core dumps. I'm >> running FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p4 (i386) and I have not updated anything >> lately. The /bin/sh binary seems to be untouched. It might be some >> hardware trouble, but the machine seems to run OK now. (I had to >> replace /bin/sh with a symlink to /rescue/sh.) >> >> I would like to track down the problem, but running sh I only get >> "Segmentation fault: 11 (core dumped)". I would be happy to run >> gdb and give you a backtrace. Any clues? >> >> Hans >> >> PS! I tried to run "freebsd-update IDS" to see if any files are >> broken, but it stops at >> Inspecting system... sha256: ///boot/kernel/utopia.ko.symbols: >> Input/output error > > All of this points to a hardware problem. > Last time I saw things like this it was either a hard drive on the way out, or a PSU dying. Run some pre-OS tests (Ultimate boot cd or something) to try and get some results outside of the OS > I think the best thing you can try is to manually get a hash fingerprint > of your sh and compare it with another, known good copy. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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