recurring kernel panic

[Kris Kennaway]

Kelly Martin wrote:
> I'm getting daily kernel panics. The server was running fine for about
> a month, the only changes I've made recently have been to update all
> my ports. It's running on older i386 hardware, no special devices
> attached. Here's the console message I'm getting (copied by hand):
> 
> -----
> Fatal trap 30: reserved (unknown) fault while in kernel mode
> cupid = 0; apic id = 00
> instruction pointer          = 0x20:0xc0b41129
> stack pointer                 = 0x28:0xd0225cd8
> frame pointer                = 0x28:0xd0225cd8
> code segment               = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
>                                     = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1
> processor eflags           = interrupt enabled, IOPL = 0
> current process             = 10 (idle: cpu0)
> trap number                  = 30
> panic: reserved (unknown) fault
> cupid = 0
> Uptime 19h28m38s
> Cannot dump. No dump device defined.
> Automatic reboot in 15 seconds – press a key on the console to abort
> Rebooting…
> Keyboard reset did not work, attempting CPU shutdown
> -----

This looks pretty suspicious to me, I'd guess your hardware has failed.

> A few questions to help diagnose:
> (1) how do I use my hard disk as a dump device for these kernel panics?
> (2) why does the "keyboard reset" not work, leaving the panic'ed
> machine hanging indefinitely? (I've tried two different PS/2
> keyboards... no luck)
> (3) any other information I can provide, such as ports I have installed?

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug.html

Kris