In the last episode (Dec 14), Mark Newton said:
> On Mon, Dec 13, 1999 at 04:27:48PM +0100, Gergely EGERVARY wrote:
> > mount /cdrom
> > cd /cdrom
> > umount -f /cdrom
> > cd ..
> > will cause 100% reproduceable kernel panic (page fault)
>
> "So don't do that then!"
>
> > I know forced umount is dangerous, but soo ... =P
>
> It's described as "dangerous" precisely because it causes a kernel
> panic.
Well, it actually *shouldn't* cause a kernel panic. I know I've
forcibly unmounted filesystems with no problems. Gergely: could you
rebuild your kernel with debugging, create a kernel crashdump, and post
a stack traceback of the panic? Instructions are at
http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/kerneldebug.html .
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Dan Nelson
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