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Subject: reboot after panic: ufs_dirbad: /var...
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Here is the full error:

Aug 13 09:29:57 gameface savecore: reboot after panic: ufs_dirbad: /var: 
bad dir ino 3485849 at offset 3584: mangled entry

The error causes the machine to keep rebooting on its own over and over 
again.

i386 7.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE #0: Wed May 20 16:56:48 EDT 2009

It is running a GENERIC kernel with ALTQ in it, and DEVICE_POLLING

The machine will not reboot on its own, but if you start in single user 
mode, fsck /var and then mount it; and exit.. the box will start..

It will do this everytime; any suggestions?