Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 22:41:40 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Trevin Chow <trevin@mail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System crashing for unknown reason Message-ID: <15011.6404.563919.65199@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.2.20010304203903.026716e8@mail.trevinchow.com> References: <5.0.2.1.2.20010304202741.00aef750@mail.trevinchow.com> <68268964@toto.iv> <5.0.2.1.2.20010304203903.026716e8@mail.trevinchow.com>
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Sorry 'bout the dup, Trevin. Trevin Chow <trevin@mail.com> types: > At 10:32 PM 3/4/2001 -0600, you wrote: > >If you've got dumpdev set in /etc/rc.conf, the /etc/rc will use > >dumpon(8) to tell the OS to save a core image to that device when it > >panics, and will call savecore to check for such a dump and save it to > >/var/crash during the automatic reboot after the panic. You can set it > >in /etc/rc.conf and do the dumpon command by hand, and the next crash > >should leave you a core image in /var/crash. > Sorry, I'm pretty new to all this. How do you set "dumpdev" in > /etc/rc.conf? dumpdev="/var/crash"? No, you set it to a swap partition. See the dumpon and savecore man pages. > Then i presume i create the /var/crash directory? Yes, you have to create it, and make sure it's on a big enough partition to save memory and the kernel image to. Again, see the savecore man page for information about that. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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