Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 18:00:31 -0600 From: kitsune <kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel panic question Message-ID: <20030228180031.36d416ab.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> In-Reply-To: <20030301044805.GE41962@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20030228160755.4e34ba4b.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> <20030301044805.GE41962@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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> > If you want help with this kind of problem, you need to supply > evidence. Otherwise people won't bother to help. We don't even know > what version of FreeBSD you're talking about here. Sorry about that. FreeBSD 4.7 and did not have a pen and paper around at the time. > In general, if you get a panic, you need to provide a dump to find out > what's going on. For it to be any use, you should ensure that you > have a kernel with debugging symbols. There used to be a section on > this in the handbook, but I can't find it any more. There's stuff in > the upcoming edition of "The Complete FreeBSD", but it won't be out > soon enough to help you, so I've put a condensed version up at: > > http://www.lemis.com/texts/panic.txt (ASCII) > http://www.lemis.com/texts/panic.ps (PostScript) > http://www.lemis.com/texts/panic.pdf (PDF) > > This is pretty rough, but it should give you an idea of what to do. > If you find anything wrong with the text, please let me know. > > Don't count on a dump being enough. Check your log files for any > messages which might help. And remember, the more work you do to help > people help you, the more likely you are to get help. Where would I find those log files at? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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