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From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com>
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Subject: Re: hang problems
To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
Date: Sat, 3 Jun 1995 02:11:25 -0700 (PDT)
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> 
> As Jim Lowe wrote:
> > 
> > Every once in a while after I reboot my system, it hangs.  I am not sure
> > what type of problem this is.  Is there a method to obtain a core dump or
> > drop the system into the kernel debugger after/during a system hang?
> 
> Nope, the system is no longer running at this stage, it attempted to
> reset the CPU (either way, i think it first tries the keyboard
> controller reset, and then a CPU shutdown [wiping the page table
> directory, and flush the TLB]).  If the system is stuck at this
> point, only a hardware reset will help.
> 
> Rod, ain't this your baby?

Nope, my baby is very solid.  It is either a ``well reboot'' or
``won't reboot'', it is never a ``Every once in a while'' type
of problem.


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Rod Grimes                                      rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com
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