Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 13:54:13 +1000 From: George Scott <George.Scott@cc.monash.edu.au> To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, pst@Shockwave.COM Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, pst@precipice.shockwave.com Subject: Re: biodone w/current kernel & diskless operation Message-ID: <199605270354.NAA00578@moa.cc.monash.edu.au>
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> I was playing around with a completely diskless system today running wiht > a -current kernel as of 8am this morning (Sunday). > > I'm seeing very reproducable "biodone: buffer already done" messages. > When this happens, the current process usually hangs, the rest of the > system seems to operate just fine. > > I just switched to an alternate terminal and did a ps axlwww in case this > helps. The process that's interesting is the vi (which is what I was > doing when the system wigged). The vi session itself seemed to keep > working just fine, and I was even able to write out my file, but when > I went to exit the process, everything hung for that terminal. It > seems there's something going on in the vm system that causes the biodone > message and screws up the process spindown. In case it is any help.... My system is set up the same way. I get the same error, also usually when quitting vi. This has been happening (on and off) since I started playing with -current (over a year ago). I thought I had sent mail about it, but can't find it in my archives. George.
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