On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 10:24, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > I don't know about your particular problem but > > Amichai Rotman wrote: > > >The comp freezes completely after accessing it in any way ( I don't even get > >to mount it...). The Kernel dumpes a core saying the swapper is unable to > >sync disks and the computer freezes. I can't copy the dump from the screen > >and I can't find a .core file. > > > > > When the kernel panics, you don't get a core file. What you do get > instead is a dump to console of the stack state during the crash. This > is pretty much useless unless you are willing to do some kernel debugging. >
Actually, there is now support for Linux kernel core dumps, <Shameless plug>contributed by SGI :-)</Shameless plug>. I even think it's merged into 2.5.x but I might be wrong. http://oss.sgi.com/projects/lkcd/ Gilad. -- Gilad Ben-Yossef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://benyossef.com Q: "What do you do if your Linux box goes down?" A: "Sit around in the dark until the power comes back on" ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
