[ale] Kernel panic

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> That's not a kernel panic - kernel panics, as a rule, say "kernel panic!"

That's interesting, I've never heard that.  Although, I didn't think you 
got an Oops if it wasn't a kernel panic.

> 
> The first line is a failed attempt to page, so, yeah, that smells like 
> disk or disk controller death. 

Agreed.

> And, no, you might *not* get earlier messages on the syslog instead of 
> failure like this.

Agreed.

> I saw much the same thing a few months back when a Dell PERC controller 
> died while working.

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Until later, Geoffrey