Re: how to capture freebsd 6.3 kernel panics [solved]
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]"
Re: how to capture freebsd 6.3 kernel panics
is there a way to save the panic to disk? btw, there's no swap partition i could use as dump device. so there is no way to save ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: how to capture freebsd 6.3 kernel panics
[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 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
how to capture freebsd 6.3 kernel panics
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... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
