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From: lubkt@spectrum.CC.Lehigh.EDU (Binod K. Taterway)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: kernel error: assertion failed ..
Message-ID: <LUBKT.91May28141102@spectrum.CC.Lehigh.EDU>
Date: 28 May 91 18:11:02 GMT
Distribution: comp.sys.sys
Organization: Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
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I keep getting the following error message every so often on the Sparc
1+ server (SunOS 4.1.1). I have no clue as to what the message means.
Ironically, str_io.c is not supplied with the kernel software; only
the object file is there.  I tried restoring the str_io.o from the
original tape to make sure that it is not corrupted. That didn't help
either. Any insight into this from any one?


	May 28 13:22:30 PL118a vmunix: assertion failed: vp->v_stream == stp, file: ../.
	./os/str_io.c, line: 609
	May 28 13:22:30 PL118a vmunix: panic: assertion failed
	May 28 13:22:30 PL118a vmunix: syncing file systems... [7] [5] [1] done
	May 28 13:22:30 PL118a vmunix: 00000 low-memory static kernel pages
	May 28 13:22:30 PL118a vmunix: 00829 additional static and sysmap kernel pages
	May 28 13:22:30 PL118a vmunix: 00000 dynamic kernel data pages
	May 28 13:22:30 PL118a vmunix: 00133 additional user structure pages
	May 28 13:22:30 PL118a vmunix: 00000 segmap kernel pages
	May 28 13:22:30 PL118a vmunix: 00000 segvn kernel pages
	May 28 13:22:30 PL118a vmunix: 00000 current user process pages
	May 28 13:22:30 PL118a vmunix: 00037 user stack pages
	May 28 13:22:30 PL118a vmunix: 00999 total pages (999 chunks)
	May 28 13:22:30 PL118a vmunix:
	May 28 13:22:30 PL118a vmunix: dumping to vp ff022ecc, offset 102024
	May 28 13:22:30 PL118a vmunix: 999 total pages, dump succeeded
	May 28 13:22:30 PL118a vmunix: rebooting...

I cannot recalled what changes I made that initiated this trouble. It
suddenly started about two weeks ago and ever since, the server boots
once every other day.


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