Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 19:42:09 -0400 From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: deliberate kernel panic? Message-ID: <20010708194209.B9093@blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <20010709003704.O289@strontium.shef.vinosystems.com>; from ben@FreeBSD.org on Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 12:37:04AM %2B0100 References: <20010708192725.A9093@blackhelicopters.org> <20010709003704.O289@strontium.shef.vinosystems.com>
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Thanks! This was exactly what I'm looking for! On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 12:37:04AM +0100, Ben Smithurst wrote: > Michael Lucas wrote: > > > Unfortunately, I haven't built a panicing kernel in years. Is there > > any way to force a system to panic in such a way as to save a core? > > I'm sure someone out there has a little program that creates a panic. :) > > Build a kernel with DDB, press Ctrl-Alt-Esc, type "panic". > > > Slightly related question: can you set a system to reboot > > automatically at a panic, save a core, and continue? > > It does that by default AFAIK. The only case it doesn't if if you have > DDB set without DDB_UNATTENDED. > > -- > Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ Big Scary Daemons: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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