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Date:      Fri, 22 Sep 2006 19:20:52 -0400
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Jeff Cross <jeff.cross@averageadmins.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Savecore Errors?
Message-ID:  <20060922232052.GA68649@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <45146DF7.1000002@averageadmins.com>
References:  <451428C1.2060902@averageadmins.com> <45146DF7.1000002@averageadmins.com>

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On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 06:12:55PM -0500, Jeff Cross wrote:
> Jeff Cross wrote:
> > I have noticed the following messages when booting up my laptop
> > recently.  Can anyone explain this to me, if it is good or bad (it looks
> > bad), and how I can correct it?
> > 
> > Sep 19 08:57:54 xtop savecore: reboot after panic: vinvalbuf: dirty bufs
> > Sep 19 08:57:54 xtop savecore: no dump, not enough free space on device
> > (232748
> > available, need 753090)
> > Sep 19 08:57:54 xtop savecore: unsaved dumps found but not saved
> > 
> > I don't want to have "dirty bufs" any more! :)
> > 
> > Jeff Cross
> > http://www.averageadmins.com
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> 
> Any takers on this one?  The laptop boots and runs fine.  No issues, I
> just wondered if this was something to be concerned about.

Your laptop previous panicked.  See the developers handbook for more.

kris



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