Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 22:01:44 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Greg Quinlan <greg@qmpgmc.ac.uk>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Finally (Re: Memory leaks & kernel panic/reboot & ahc reboot) Message-ID: <19990521220144.C78275@nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <009501bea2a9$bb12d960$380051c2@greg.qmpgmc.ac.uk>; from Greg Quinlan on Thu, May 20, 1999 at 11:15:48AM %2B0100 References: <009501bea2a9$bb12d960$380051c2@greg.qmpgmc.ac.uk>
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> The problem which I had reported, exactly, with the precise kernel panic > message, did not get a response. That 's right not one! So many Ok, lets handle this in a way that should get you some helpful responce. But first you need to be helpful. You need to compile a new kernel. See http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ if you do not know how to do that. At the point in your kernel building where you would normally run ``config KERNEL_NAME'', do ``config -rg KERNEL_NAME'' instead. Also note the extra step below when installing: cp GENERIC FOO vi FOO (make any changes and exit) config -r -g FOO cd ../../compile/FOO make depend make cp -p kernel kernel.debug strip -r kernel make install Before you reboot to use the new kernel, edit /etc/rc.conf and add a line simular to: dumpdev="/dev/wd0s2b" Then the next time you have a panic, the information necessary to debug the problem wil be available. -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.com -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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