Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 17:39:52 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Denny White <dennyboy@cableone.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System Panics and Core Dump help Message-ID: <20050601080952.GR35959@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20050531215354.F613@dualman.cableone.net> References: <20050531215354.F613@dualman.cableone.net>
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--1GSL5ZULXUIqbbH1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday, 1 June 2005 at 2:25:56 -0500, Denny White wrote: > > Just trying to get a heads up if I'm going about > this in the right way, if I've understood what > I've read and applied, outlined below. > I read an article at Onlamp on how to prepare > for system panics and core dumps. Article here: > > ... > > Now, in /var/log/messages, I get: > > savecore: unable to open bounds file, using 0 > savecore: no dumps found Did you get a dump? Otherwise the second message is normal. The first one is harmless, and should only occur on the first real dump. > Am I right in assuming that the system's doing exactly what it's > supposed to do? That is, checking for a dump when booting, not > finding any, reporting as much, and proceeding booting as usual? Assuming that you didn't write a dump, yes. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html The virus contained in this message was not detected. Finger grog@FreeBSD.org for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --1GSL5ZULXUIqbbH1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCnW1QIubykFB6QiMRAlZWAKCq2XuAm25uOULnSYusi8A9MjHBVACfXVF2 kUUB1Tbx1XpW+eh34f/vxHg= =Ogug -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --1GSL5ZULXUIqbbH1--
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