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Date:      Fri, 28 Feb 2003 18:00:31 -0600
From:      kitsune <kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com>
To:        Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: kernel panic question
Message-ID:  <20030228180031.36d416ab.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030301044805.GE41962@wantadilla.lemis.com>
References:  <20030228160755.4e34ba4b.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> <20030301044805.GE41962@wantadilla.lemis.com>

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> 
> If you want help with this kind of problem, you need to supply
> evidence.  Otherwise people won't bother to help.  We don't even know
> what version of FreeBSD you're talking about here.

Sorry about that. FreeBSD 4.7 and did not have a pen and paper around at the time.
 
> In general, if you get a panic, you need to provide a dump to find out
> what's going on.  For it to be any use, you should ensure that you
> have a kernel with debugging symbols.  There used to be a section on
> this in the handbook, but I can't find it any more.  There's stuff in
> the upcoming edition of "The Complete FreeBSD", but it won't be out
> soon enough to help you, so I've put a condensed version up at:
> 
>   http://www.lemis.com/texts/panic.txt   (ASCII)
>   http://www.lemis.com/texts/panic.ps	 (PostScript)
>   http://www.lemis.com/texts/panic.pdf	 (PDF)
> 
> This is pretty rough, but it should give you an idea of what to do.
> If you find anything wrong with the text, please let me know.
> 
> Don't count on a dump being enough.  Check your log files for any
> messages which might help.  And remember, the more work you do to help
> people help you, the more likely you are to get help.

Where would I find those log files at?


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