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Date:      Sat, 15 May 2004 04:50:24 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: du -s causes reboot
Message-ID:  <20040515115023.GA38472@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040515095410.GB1177@Dark-Age.local>
References:  <20040515095410.GB1177@Dark-Age.local>

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On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 04:54:10AM -0500, Eugene Lee wrote:
> FreeBSD 4.9p7.  I have a new Dell PowerEdge 1750 that is giving me fits.
> I have a ~/src directory containing source tarballs that are unpacked.
> A "du -s ~/src" locks up my ssh session and causes it machine to reboot.
> No entries in /var/log/messages or /var/log/console.info to indicate the
> problem.  No core dumps either.  All filesystems (except root) have
> softupdates enabled.  Suggestions to troubleshoot this are appreciated.
> Rebuilding the kernel now with -g, hope it helps...

Try dropping to single-user mode and applying the utility from your
domain name :-) It's possible you have filesystem corruption that is
causing your kernel crashes.

If not, you'll need to capture the panic by enabling crashdumps; see
the chapter on kernel debugging in the developer's handbook.

Kris

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