On Fri, February 1, 2008 12:46, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net wrote: >> On Fri, February 1, 2008 11:54, Manolis Kiagias wrote: >> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net wrote: >>> >>>> hi, >>>> >>>> since i migrated from 6.2-REL to 6.3-REL i got several >>>> panics when copying much data from one volume to another. >>>> because of the copy-job taking several hours, i don't >>>> get a realistic chance to CATCH the stupid panic and >>>> see what's going on (or at least get an idea of). >>>> this is really frustrating me! >>>> >>>> is there a way to avoid the auto-reboot? >>>> >>>> is there a way to save the panic to disk? >>>> >>>> btw, there's no swap partition i could use as dump device. >>>> >>>> cheers... >>>> >>>> >>> I recently had a system that would not dump to the swap partition for >>> one reason or the other. >>> I used an external USB hard disk, and it dumped there with no problems. >>> With the current sizes of cheap usb flash drives, even that is probably >>> an option. >>> You may wish to explore this solution. >>> >>> Manolis >>> >>> >> >> well, although this is a good idea (and i'll keep it >> as my backup plan for now) , i rather like to >> prevent the server from rebooting and simply stay at >> the panic instead of analyzing crash dumps :) >> is there a way for that? >> >> >> > Well, according to this: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug-options.html > > compiling your kernel with options KDB will cause it to enter the > debugger instead of automatic reboot. This is not something I ever tried > myself but it maybe worth the trouble. > > Manolis >
yeah, in the mean time, i exactly did this. loaded /usr/src/sys, compiled with options KDB, options DDB and booted with that kernel. this gives me at least the option to SEE what happened... thx for the replies, guys! _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
