Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 00:04:11 +0100 From: Roelof Osinga <roelof@eboa.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Have crashed, won't travel Message-ID: <36DDBFEB.86D89D20@eboa.com> References: <36DCB59E.F16D5539@eboa.com> <19990303195632.B441@lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey wrote: > > On Wednesday, 3 March 1999 at 5:07:58 +0100, Roelof Osinga wrote: > > In a short period of time I've experienced two crashes of my box. The > > first was due to a power failure, the second was probably due to some > > hardware failure or other (in the midst of installing lynx, retry went > > smooth). > > > > After both crashes at least one filesystem was reported damaged. The first > > time I wiped and reinstalled. The second time I learned to live with it. > > However, I'm still a bit nervous. For what if something crucial was > > mutilated? > > What was the message? What message? <g>. One moment it was 'make install'-ing lynx, the next moment I had a black screen followed by the usual cold boot messages. Unless there is a place where potential pre-crash error messages get stored, I don't think we'll ever know whether there was any message. I myself was sitting behind another system at the moment and could only observe from the corner of my eye. Roelof To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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