[ale] First Linux crash!

[Jim Lynch]

Well, I've finally done it.  Not once but twice.  I crashed Linux.  This
is the first time I've actually crashed Linux where it wasn't a dumb
mistake on my part.  Sure I've created kernels that crapped out, but
that was my fault.  I've been running linux since version 0.12 (1992)
and I thought it was bulletproof. 8)

Anyway what happens is I'm running 2.4.18 as a file server.  Samba
shared files for backing up my and my wife's Win98 systems.  It's worked
flawlessly until this weekend.  I tried to backup from my system and it
killed Linux.  I was monitoring the console (serial, no monitor) but
when the thing died it just stopped.  No error messages, nothing in any
log file that I could find.  

How do I go about looking for the cause of this?  If the kernel panics,
does it not dump to the serial port?  Will I have to hook up a monitor
to see it?

Thanks,
Jim.
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