On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Kris Kennaway <k...@freebsd.org> wrote: > Glen Barber wrote: >> >> Hi folks. >> >> I was unfortunate enough to encounter a kernel trap in single user >> mode yesterday when upgrading from 7.1-RC1 to -RC2 using the typical >> build/install world. >> >> I'm still not sure what caused the trap, as the system was rebooting >> when I saw the screen. As one would expect, this led to an >> irrecoverable system; the system would automatically drop me into >> single user mode, as it could only mount the root directory; /bin/sh >> and /bin/csh would not work (had to use /restore/csh for the minimal >> digging I actually could do). >> >> So, now to the question. Given I could not mount anything other than >> /, would there have been any way for me to gather debugging >> information on what caused this failure? (FWIW, I am certain it is >> not a hardware failure.) > > You can proceed recovering the system using the tools in /rescue, and once > you have shared libraries working again, run savecore to save the crashdump > (assuming one was made). >
Hi, Kris. I'll do some digging later today. I appreciate your response. -- Glen Barber _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
