vrele: negative ref cnt

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Mon Oct 24 12:09:38 PDT 2005


On Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 02:03:13PM +0200, =?iso-8859-2?Q?Micha=B3_T. _Mas=B3owski?= wrote:
> > > When I turn off the computer by halt, halt -p or something else,
> usually it 
> > > shows kernel panic with "vrele: negative ref cnt". What should I do?
> > > I'm using FreeBSD 5.4-p7.
> > 
> > Try updating to -stable, or try the 6.0 beta.  If the problem
> > persists, follow the advice in the chapter on kernel debugging in the
> > developers handbook.
> > 
> > Kris
> > 
> 
> Thank for your advice. I will try updating, but I think that the
> problem is with the hard disk.
> 
> It occurs only when device of file system which is being unmounted
> has read errors.
> What else should I do except from changing the faulty disk?

Nothing...when your hardware goes bad, all bets are off.  Replace it
immediately before it dies completely and you lose your data.

Kris
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