Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:35:48 +0100 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /bin/sh core dumps on FreeBSD 7.2 Message-ID: <hdgodr$ug3$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <20091112103308.GA2536@hiMolde.no> References: <20091112103308.GA2536@hiMolde.no>
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Hans F. Nordhaug wrote: > Hi! > > Suddenly /bin/sh started to crash all the time with core dumps. I'm > running FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p4 (i386) and I have not updated anything > lately. The /bin/sh binary seems to be untouched. It might be some > hardware trouble, but the machine seems to run OK now. (I had to > replace /bin/sh with a symlink to /rescue/sh.) > > I would like to track down the problem, but running sh I only get > "Segmentation fault: 11 (core dumped)". I would be happy to run > gdb and give you a backtrace. Any clues? > > Hans > > PS! I tried to run "freebsd-update IDS" to see if any files are > broken, but it stops at > Inspecting system... sha256: ///boot/kernel/utopia.ko.symbols: Input/output error All of this points to a hardware problem. I think the best thing you can try is to manually get a hash fingerprint of your sh and compare it with another, known good copy.
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