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Date:      Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:16:15 +0200
From:      Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To:        freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Page fault in FreeBSD-7.0: How to set dumpdev when installing from bootonly cdrom
Message-ID:  <20080717101615.b5c403e2.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <20080716231001.GA3703@jl2.example.com>
References:  <20080716144420.GA8271@jl2.example.com> <20080716173539.899f0b08.freebsd@edvax.de> <20080716231001.GA3703@jl2.example.com>

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On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:10:01 +0200, Juergen Leising <juergen.leising@gmx.de> wrote:
> Ok. But I am still unsure about which files exactly have to be
> modified on the bootonly cdrom image.
> 
> I have changed or added
> 
> 	boot/loader.conf, 

contains your actual settings

> 	boot/loader.conf.local 

contains machine-specific settings for sites with a common
loader.conf (ex man loader.conf)

> 	boot/defaults/loader.conf

contains the default settings and is evaluated prior to loader.conf,
so you don't need to change it, you just put your overrides in
loader.conf.


> and inside boot/mfsroot.gz
> 	
> 	etc/rc.conf.

Correct. Note that rc.conf is processed after kernel initialisation,
it is read by rc (and its "sub-scruipts"); if rc isn't run, no attention
is paid to rc.conf's settings.


> But despite all of this I still get: No dumpdevice defined.
> Why does the kernel claim so?

You can enter the boot loader's dialog facility and check the
variables set or which of them have been passed to the kernel.



-- 
Polytropon
>From Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0



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