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Subject: Re: Processes blocked on ufs or getblk 
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When you reproduce it next time, do a "ps" in DDB (Ctrl+Alt+Esc) to see what 
processes are stuck in UFS, and then do a "tr <pid>" on each one to 
hopefully get a bit more info.  Getting a gdb crashdump might be even better.

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