Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 17:06:16 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: More on the spontaneous crashes Message-ID: <199808052306.RAA00494@lariat.lariat.org>
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As mentioned in earlier messages, we're still trying to do a backup and getting a crash every time. Our backup routine works by creating a command file which is redirected into FTP. The command that fails is put "|dump 0uf - /usr | gzip -9" usr.$starttime.gz (where $starttime is the starting time of the backup; it's replaced with a numerical UNIX date as the command file is created). As you can see, FTP is accepting input from dump, via gzip, and sending it to the named file on the other machine. This is done over a separate LAN segment for security. The screen that flashes, just before the reboot, says that there was a GP fault in the kernel. I can't print the screen or otherwise save it, and it goes by very quickly -- faster than I can write down the information. (I've considered grabbing a camera to take a picture.) How can we nail this bug and get it fixed? We need to do backups, and Heaven knows that if this userland stuff causes a crash, other things will too. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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