Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:26:30 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: panic? i386 on dell duo Message-ID: <20091117072630.GB16655@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <4ad871310911162028t7bf203cbs6ffa9e9c846380e@mail.gmail.com> References: <20091116225850.GA15661@thought.org> <4ad871310911161657y2d9bcf53k176548bdd7bfa825@mail.gmail.com> <20091117032833.GA16284@thought.org> <4ad871310911162028t7bf203cbs6ffa9e9c846380e@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:28:44PM -0500, Glen Barber wrote: > Hi Gary, > > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:28 PM, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 07:57:19PM -0500, Glen Barber wrote: > >> Hi > >> > >> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote: > >> > > >> > something panicked my dell. more than twice. i have loaded, the > >> > i386 7.2-R Dvd. the panic was something like > >> > > >> > PHY#1 > >> > panic[y/n]y > >> > >> Do you have a crash report in /var/crash ? > >> > > > > no, nada. i didnt know about /var/crash until now, thanks for the > > datapoint. it is empty. > > > > Very important location on your system after a (possible) panic. > > > > >> > > >> > then something about cpu 0 being involved. > >> > > >> > i have the 8.0 rc3 bootonly.iso cd. should i try that? or did > >> > dell ship me a bad computer? > >> > > >> > >> I'll keep my opinions to myself... > >> > > > > well, i'd laugh, glen, but i hurt my back twisting over to my right > > [[ with my left hand]] to use the dell keybd. yes, why would any > > body do anybody else a bad deed. > > > > here is more complete version of the events of the day. > > > > my network bud down in dallas is helping me get the dell as my > > new server. my old hp kayak is from 1998 and on its death-bed. > > > > okay: i have 7.2-R, i386. installs fine. jon horne changed the > > IP that the op sys | DHCP suite chose from 10.47.0.112 to > > 10.47.0.230. i do not know why, but he change the ifconfig line in > > /etc/rc.conf from ="DHCP" to ="inet 10.47.0.230 netmask 10.0.0.255" > > or something similar. jon says that the IP can't or shouldn't be > > D=Dynamic but stable. surely this is right. ---in my old config > > prior to jan 2008 or dec 2007 i had every local IP tied down in a > > file in /usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf [or similar]. it worked > > flawlessly. now i am using pfSense and i *think* there is a config > > file in there that makes local IP's stable. > > > > Network configuration "should not" provoke a panic, unless the driver > is at fault (which you have not stated which driver this is). > dunno about the driver. doubt it. anyway, busy fixing things while the power stays on! -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php
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