reboot after panic

Stephen Clark sclark46 at earthlink.net
Thu May 1 19:15:58 UTC 2008


Matthew X. Economou wrote:
> Steve,
> 
> I recall having to set dumpdev in /etc/rc.conf before I could get
> FreeBSD to reboot automatically after a panic.  I have dumpdev=AUTO
> set on all of my headless servers.  If you are feeling especially
> brave, you can also set fsck_y_enable=YES and background_fsck=NO.
> 
> Good luck!  ;)
> 
Hmmm... I have that set. It only seems to not reboot on one
system I have.

Thanks,
Steve

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