Subject: Re: uvm_pagefree panic
To: None <jdomingo@acidh.org>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/05/2002 09:45:37
On Sun, Aug 04, 2002 at 11:33:56AM +0200, jdomingo@acidh.org wrote:

 > last saturday after yet another power cut my netbsd died and it stops
 > booting with this message:
 > 
 > uvm_pagefree: warning: freeing page with a loan count 278435456
 > panic: uvm_pagefree: loan count
 > The operating system has halted.
 > Please press any key to reboot.
 > 
 > I've tried booting in single user mode and with boot disks, but it won't
 > boot.
 > any clues? what can I do?
 > thanks a lot.

Eek .. if you're getting this on every boot, with no software changes,
I suspect that either:

	* Kernel on-disk was corrupted as a result of the power outage.
	* You computer was frotzed as a result of the power outage.

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>