Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 21:52:15 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Nick Esborn <nick@grayphics.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Making kernel panics more noticable Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961111215136.24357K-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961108140302.584A-100000@capella.grayphics.com>
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On Fri, 8 Nov 1996, Nick Esborn wrote: > I'm running a 2.1.5-RELEASE machine that crashed after running fine for a > long time. I didn't notice that it had crashed until someone tried to > check their mail, as it didn't make any real noise. Is there any way to > set FBSD up to start beeping like mad when it gets a kernel panic, so > that at least if someone is around, they are made aware of the machine's > distress and given a chance to write down the console messages? The system should auto-restart unless the system really died. In any case I believe the pertinent info is logged before the system is rebooted. I could be wrong. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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