On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 3:42 AM, Stefan Sperling <s...@stsp.name> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 01:36:21AM +0000, Bryan wrote: >> Okay I did exactly as your e-mail suggested. B I started the box, put >> the blu-ray in, and issued a ctrl-alt-esc, and went to ddb>, typed >> "continue", and then ssh'ed into the box from antoher system. >> >> From the SSH session, I attempted to mount the disc. B "mount /dev/cd0c >> /cdrom", and.... B nothing... B no output on the screen, and my ssh >> session is dead. B nothing on the screen, just a blinking cursor... > > Can you get a disklabel from the thing? > > B B B B disklabel cd0 > > Note that 'c' means "entire disk". Can you try e.g. /dev/cd0a if that > exists in disklabel? > >> Here's the output: >> >> #Stopped at B B Debugger+0x4: B B leave >> ddb> continue >> *blinking cursor* > > So the cursor still blinks even though the system does not respond > to keystrokes and network I/O?
I've seen stranger things. Years ago, a linux-based firewall (ipchains) had crashed but the filter rules were still working. I kid you not. I have yet to figure out how that is possible. --patrick
