On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 12:25:21PM -0400, B. Cook wrote: > Here is the full error: > > Aug 13 09:29:57 gameface savecore: reboot after panic: ufs_dirbad: /var: > bad dir ino 3485849 at offset 3584: mangled entry > > The error causes the machine to keep rebooting on its own over and over > again.
You are not using the partition that contains /var as the dump device, are you? > i386 7.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE #0: Wed May 20 16:56:48 EDT 2009 > > It is running a GENERIC kernel with ALTQ in it, and DEVICE_POLLING > > The machine will not reboot on its own, but if you start in single user > mode, fsck /var and then mount it; and exit.. the box will start.. > > It will do this everytime; any suggestions? Disable saving coredumps bt setting 'dumpdev="NO"' in /etc/rc.conf. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725)
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