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From: pauls@css.itd.umich.edu (Paul Southworth)
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Subject: Error:  kvm_mkdb core dumps...
Date: 1 Feb 1993 02:47:50 GMT
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On startup, I get "kvm_mkdb put: input/output error"

If I delete /var/run/kvm_386bsd.tmp and run kvm_mkdb again, it core dumps.

This system (ISA 486sx-33) is known good with 386BSD, but the hard
drive is new to me.  I have been blocking out bad sectors, but now
it fsck's fine and I think I have tracked down most of them.  After
doing that I installed a new kernel (386BSD 0.1 with beta 1.0 patchlevel
and NFS) but that didn't make any difference.

Also, /sbin/shutdown flashes "Bus Error" right before it reboots (which
it does successfully).

Any ideas on where I should be looking?  I have reinstalled kvm_mkdb off of
my other 386BSD system (ISA 386dx-40) without it making any difference.
kvm_mkdb works fine on that system.

Email would be appreciated.

Paul