Subject: Re: Instability problems, system crashing.
To: Brian Buhrow <buhrow@lothlorien.nfbcal.org>
From: Ricardo Junior <ricardorsj@uol.com.br>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/23/2002 17:43:15
Thanks! This information is very useful. :-)
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Ricardo.
At 16:43 23/5/2002 -0700, Brian Buhrow wrote:
> Hello Ricardo. If you're running a server in production and you
> don't
>visit the box frequently, I recommend you rebuild your kernel without the
>in-kernel debugger. (options DDB in the kernel config file) This will
>cause it to reboot after it panics, if it panics, and write its core image
>to swap. Then, savecore(8) will write the image to /var/crash on reboot,
>and you can examine the cause of the damage at your convenience and from
>the comfort of your favorite office chair.
>-Brian