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Date:      Mon, 6 Sep 1999 14:36:38 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Andrzej Bialecki <abial@webgiro.com>
To:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua>
Cc:        Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: dumps before init?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909061435340.2975-100000@freja.webgiro.com>
In-Reply-To: <19990906150724.I11485@relay.ucb.crimea.ua>

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On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 04, 1999 at 05:39:01PM -0600, Warner Losh wrote:
> > How does one  enable dumps before init?
> > 
> > Warner
> 
> According to the dumpon(8) manpage:
> 
> The dump device can also be specified at kernel compile time using the
> ``dumps on'' clause in the kernel configuration file (see config(8)).
> This is useful when the kernel panics before multi-user mode is reached.
> Subsequent successful invocations of dumpon will override the compiled in
> value.

Hmmm... Wasn't this config line removed in -current? You can do it in
-stable, though.

Andrzej Bialecki

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