panic? i386 on dell duo
Glen Barber
glen.j.barber at gmail.com
Tue Nov 17 04:28:46 UTC 2009
Hi Gary,
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:28 PM, Gary Kline <kline at thought.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 07:57:19PM -0500, Glen Barber wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Gary Kline <kline at thought.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > something panicked my dell. more than twice. i have loaded, the
>> > i386 7.2-R Dvd. the panic was something like
>> >
>> > PHY#1
>> > panic[y/n]y
>>
>> Do you have a crash report in /var/crash ?
>>
>
> no, nada. i didnt know about /var/crash until now, thanks for the
> datapoint. it is empty.
>
Very important location on your system after a (possible) panic.
>
>> >
>> > then something about cpu 0 being involved.
>> >
>> > i have the 8.0 rc3 bootonly.iso cd. should i try that? or did
>> > dell ship me a bad computer?
>> >
>>
>> I'll keep my opinions to myself...
>>
>
> well, i'd laugh, glen, but i hurt my back twisting over to my right
> [[ with my left hand]] to use the dell keybd. yes, why would any
> body do anybody else a bad deed.
>
> here is more complete version of the events of the day.
>
> my network bud down in dallas is helping me get the dell as my
> new server. my old hp kayak is from 1998 and on its death-bed.
>
> okay: i have 7.2-R, i386. installs fine. jon horne changed the
> IP that the op sys | DHCP suite chose from 10.47.0.112 to
> 10.47.0.230. i do not know why, but he change the ifconfig line in
> /etc/rc.conf from ="DHCP" to ="inet 10.47.0.230 netmask 10.0.0.255"
> or something similar. jon says that the IP can't or shouldn't be
> D=Dynamic but stable. surely this is right. ---in my old config
> prior to jan 2008 or dec 2007 i had every local IP tied down in a
> file in /usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf [or similar]. it worked
> flawlessly. now i am using pfSense and i *think* there is a config
> file in there that makes local IP's stable.
>
Network configuration "should not" provoke a panic, unless the driver
is at fault (which you have not stated which driver this is).
> anybody know if i'm right?
>
No clue about pfsense....
> anyway, after my dell was reset to 0.230 from 0.112, things began to
> fail. i do not know very much about networking or dhcp; just enough
> to know that if something works, that is a Good sigh!
>
> i need to move over my /etc/namedb/* files; i need to set up mail--
> dovecot[?]; and lastly, apache22. i've got the files, just don't
> know how-to make the switch from my 1998 server to my 2009
> computer.
>
> thanks to all who have read this far. ideas, suggestions very
> welcome. a severe wind storm tonight may take down my network any
> time. sooner is better, :-)
>
> gary
>
>> > ideas?
>> >
>> > gary
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
--
Glen Barber
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