[ale] First Linux crash!

[Geoffrey]

If it panics, it will try to dump the panic to the console.  That 
doesn't always happen though.  Further, you've got to capture the panic, 
then process it with a program I can't recall the name of, before 
getting any useful info.  If your console is serial, it should still get 
the dump.  Have you checked your logs for any indicators?

Jim Lynch wrote:
> 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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