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Date:      Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:33:56 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Paul Hoffman <phoffman@proper.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Short HOWTO on reading a core to determine why my server is rebooting?
Message-ID:  <44y7iyr0e3.fsf@Lowell-Desk.lan>
In-Reply-To: <p06240843c289dc9536e8@[10.20.30.108]> (Paul Hoffman's message of "Mon\, 4 Jun 2007 08\:18\:07 -0700")
References:  <p06240843c289dc9536e8@[10.20.30.108]>

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Paul Hoffman <phoffman@proper.com> writes:

> Hi again. I have a server running 6.0 that has been spontaneously
> rebooting every few weeks. Is there a short HOWTO that tells me how to
> read the files in /var/crash to at least find out what the kernel
> thinks the issue is? There is nothing in /var/log/messages of interest
> before the crash, nothing in 'dmesg -a' in coming up that says
> anything interesting, and there's plenty of room on the drives.

There is some information in developers' handbook.
The FAQ entry about looking at kernel panics might help also.



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