hi,

the first thing to do is figure out why it couldn't write the dump,
since without that we're not able to do much.
is the dump device big enough to hold a dump?

it's also useful to include the following line in your kernel config:

	makeoptions	DEBUG="-g"

-Chuck


On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 10:39:03AM -0500, Stephen M Jones wrote:
> 
> NetBSD sdf 1.5.1 NetBSD 1.5.1 (SDF) #0: Mon Aug 13 04:25:25 UTC 2001 alpha
> machine/processor 5305 6533A
> 
> This is what I have from our second kernel panic:
> 
> Aug 29 15:11:46 sdf /netbsd: panic: vref used where vget required, vp 0xfffffc004eccab20
> Aug 29 15:11:46 sdf /netbsd: syncing disks... 35 34 33 32 30 28 26 26 24 24 23 21 19 19 18 17 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 10 9 9 9 8 7 7 7
> 7 7 6 6 6 5 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 giving up
> Aug 29 15:11:46 sdf /netbsd:
> Aug 29 15:11:46 sdf /netbsd: dump to dev 8,1 not possible
> Aug 29 15:11:46 sdf /netbsd: rebooting...
> Aug 29 15:11:46 sdf /netbsd:
> Aug 29 15:11:46 sdf /netbsd: [ preserving 203744 bytes of netbsd ELF symbol table ]
> 
> Does anyone have any tips for me on how to figure what I can do with this
> info, or better yet.. and quick docu on how to use the debugger to get
> more information?
> 
> There were about 152 users on at the time of the panic.