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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!vyzynz!news1.cris.com!news.sprintlink.net!news1!not-for-mail From: root@dyson.iquest.net (John S. Dyson) Subject: Re: vnode_pager_output: attempt to write meta-data!!! X-Nntp-Posting-Host: dyson.iquest.net Message-ID: <4ibdn9$221@dyson.iquest.net> Sender: dyson@freebsd.org Organization: John S. Dyson's Machine References: <Do4qEH.7Mq.0.macbeth@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 09:36:41 GMT Lines: 16 In article <Do4qEH.7Mq.0.macbeth@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>, Richard Tobin <richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote: >(FreeBSD 2.1.0) > >Does this error message correspond to a known bug? > > vnode_pager_output: attempt to write meta-data!!! -- 0xfffe8000(ff) > Yep, and it is mostly benign. The worst thing that a cousin of this bug causes is executable file dates to be updated, and security programs to scream. We have been trying to find the source of the problem. I you or anyone have a way to repeat the problem, lemme know!!! John