Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 07:11:55 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel panic mounting /tmp - 6.2-PRERELEASE Message-ID: <20061018071155.4331765a@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20061017145946.GB68977@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <20061018002558.3a2bcdf6@localhost> <20061017145946.GB68977@lor.one-eyed-alien.net>
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On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:59:46 -0500
Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> wrote:
> > Is there a bigger issue here? anything I can do to help diagnose / debug
> > this?
>
> Possibly and no. By recreating the file system you've destroyed
> the information needed to isolate the cause. It's known that an
> appropriately corrupt file system can do this, but the causes (there are
> probably several) are not yet known. There is some speculation that the
> only solution is to add checksums to all key data sections.
>
> -- Brooks
Gotcha - i thought as much... i hoped a dump -0 would save enough info though.
I just needed to have /tmp back in place asap....
i'll keep the files around for a week or so in case something comes up.
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