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Date:      Sun, 16 May 2004 01:00:29 -0500
From:      Eugene Lee <list-freebsd@fsck.net>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: du -s causes reboot
Message-ID:  <20040516060029.GB3766@Dark-Age.local>
In-Reply-To: <20040515115023.GA38472@xor.obsecurity.org>
References:  <20040515095410.GB1177@Dark-Age.local> <20040515115023.GA38472@xor.obsecurity.org>

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On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 04:50:24AM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote:
: 
: 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.

Finally had a chance to get to the office and onto the PowerEdge console
to do the obvious (i.e. /sbin/fsck, what Kris suggested).  If there was
any corruption in the filesystem, it seems to have fixed.  Civilization
is saved once again.  Thanks Kris.  :-)



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