From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 13 19:15:21 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2414A106564A for ; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:15:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE6E88FC4F for ; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:15:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n7DJFDRK065429; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:15:14 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 97A33BA9D; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:15:13 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:15:13 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: "B. Cook" Message-ID: <20090813191513.GB66607@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <4A843E71.4080101@poughkeepsieschools.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="H+4ONPRPur6+Ovig" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A843E71.4080101@poughkeepsieschools.org> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: reboot after panic: ufs_dirbad: /var... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:15:21 -0000 --H+4ONPRPur6+Ovig Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 12:25:21PM -0400, B. Cook wrote: > Here is the full error: >=20 > Aug 13 09:29:57 gameface savecore: reboot after panic: ufs_dirbad: /var:= =20 > bad dir ino 3485849 at offset 3584: mangled entry >=20 > The error causes the machine to keep rebooting on its own over and over= =20 > again. You are not using the partition that contains /var as the dump device, are = you? =20 > i386 7.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE #0: Wed May 20 16:56:48 EDT 2009 >=20 > It is running a GENERIC kernel with ALTQ in it, and DEVICE_POLLING >=20 > The machine will not reboot on its own, but if you start in single user= =20 > mode, fsck /var and then mount it; and exit.. the box will start.. >=20 > It will do this everytime; any suggestions? Disable saving coredumps bt setting 'dumpdev=3D"NO"' in /etc/rc.conf. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --H+4ONPRPur6+Ovig Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkqEZkEACgkQEnfvsMMhpyUdWACbBCajG61gIUEsNpSEskw/adTh RqUAnRJ2oNVTvRauGnxk6R0eS8evJjpC =XTzX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --H+4ONPRPur6+Ovig--