On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 10:51:28PM +0200, Arnt Karlsen spoke thusly: >On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 14:18:19 -0400, >Scott Gaertner <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message ><812338CA-D728-11D7-B488-000393DB0944@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > >.kernel panic hint; toss in an "append="panic 20" or somesuch, to >your boot loader and cli and (which file?) in /proc, to avoid further >such embarrasment, "panic 20" reboots the box in 20 secs on a panic. /proc/sys/kernel/panic btw. >> I downloaded the package, entered the directory, typed "make >> KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/", and after a listing of found >> extensions, I lost connection to the box. (Complete transcript >> at end of message). I can no longer even ping any address on that >> network. (The machine was acting as a router as well). I've found an odd way to Oops my desktop, by copying Maildir files from a flash disk (vfat) to an ext3 fs. Copied, copied, copied - and *wham* kernel oops.
