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Date:      Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:25:54 -0400
From:      "Ben Kaduk" <minimarmot@gmail.com>
To:        "Jo Rhett" <hostmaster@netconsonance.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: how to get more logging from GEOM?
Message-ID:  <47d0403c0807161825m45bff8d7w41eca673315e77d4@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <FD75D116-DEBE-40AF-9AD8-F953D3317BAD@netconsonance.com>
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On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Jo Rhett <hostmaster@netconsonance.com> wrote:
> On Jul 11, 2008, at 4:48 AM, Ronald Klop wrote:
>>
>> You can try going into the kernel debugger to see where it is hanging.
>> Debugging via a serial cable is also very easy.
>> I don't know the details, but there is a lot of info in the Freebsd
>> handbook. Put this in google 'freebsd handbook kernel debug'.
>
>
> Thanks for the reply.  I'm familiar with these options, but as the system is
> currently running GENERIC and trying to compile a kernel would guarantee to
> cause the problem to occur...  I could probably keep hacking at it until I
> finally get everything compiled, but...
>
> Ugh.  I guess this option doesn't appeal very much.  Are there any other
> options available?
>

You don't need to compile the kernel on the same machine that you use it
on -- you can copy the compiled kernel into /boot/kernel.new

-Ben Kaduk



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