Strange boot messages under 6.0-STABLE

[Kris Kennaway]

On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 06:45:15PM +0100, Ales wrote:
> During boot process under 6.0-STABLE I spoted some strange messages.
> 
> ...
> ...
> Nov 14 18:18:45 romcek kernel: cd0 at ata1 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
> Nov 14 18:18:45 romcek kernel: cd0: <SONY DVD RW DW-Q28A KYS1> Removable 
> CD-ROM SCSI-0 device
> Nov 14 18:18:45 romcek kernel: cd0: 33.000MB/s transfers
> Nov 14 18:18:45 romcek kernel: cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: 
> NOT READY, Medium not present
> Nov 14 18:18:45 romcek kernel: Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad4s1a
> Nov 14 18:18:45 romcek savecore: reboot after panic: page fault
> Nov 14 18:18:45 romcek savecore: no dump, not enough free space on 
> device (143858 available, need 523842)
> Nov 14 18:18:45 romcek savecore: unsaved dumps found but not saved
> Nov 14 18:22:01 romcek /usr/libexec/save-entropy[722]: 
> /var/db/entropy/saved-entropy.8 is not a regular file, and therefore it 
> will not be rotated. Entropy file harvesting is aborted.
> .............
> 
> That "reboot after panic" message is strange, because the box is running 
> normally.
> Can someone plese tell me why I'm geting those messages.

Your system panicked at some point in the past, but it can't save the
dump for the reason specified.

Also, the message about entropy is important and should be attended to.

Kris
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