From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Fri Aug 21 15:20:36 2009
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C5B2106568B
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:20:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from npapke@acm.org)
Received: from idcmail-mo2no.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo2no.shaw.ca [64.59.134.9])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B4618FC1E
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:20:36 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from pd6ml1no-ssvc.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.153.160])
	by pd5mo1no-svcs.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 21 Aug 2009 09:20:35 -0600
X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true
X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.0 c=1 a=8eHv7g2MQ54A:10
	a=VF9RaR9bft6c8SsOr3WyFg==:17 a=N54-gffFAAAA:8
	a=lvbMJxvVAAAA:8 a=YI42hYJWlBCHvKyYABgA:9
	a=09I_qyomUgbYRDU2IfAJZBbT4GQA:4 a=nAPXUAfsBmEA:10
Received: from unknown (HELO proven.lan) ([24.85.241.34])
	by pd6ml1no-dmz.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 21 Aug 2009 09:20:35 -0600
Received: from proven.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by proven.lan (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n7LFKZPF036872;
	Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:20:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from npapke@acm.org)
Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]])
	by proven.lan (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n7LFKViB036871;
	Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:20:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from npapke@acm.org)
X-Authentication-Warning: proven.lan: npapke set sender to npapke@acm.org
	using -f
From: Norbert Papke <npapke@acm.org>
Organization: Archaeological Filing
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:20:31 -0700
User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10
References: <00B06063-9872-4ACE-8767-1221C22E33EE@silvertree.org>
	<200908201531.06222.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net>
	<4A8E0837.5020608@silvertree.org>
In-Reply-To: <4A8E0837.5020608@silvertree.org>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
  charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline
Message-Id: <200908210820.31394.npapke@acm.org>
Cc: Scott Schappell <archon@silvertree.org>
Subject: Re: Remounting a drive as read/write crashes the system and
	no	dmesg.boot
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:20:36 -0000

On August 20, 2009, Scott Schappell wrote:
> I cannot get the system to generate a dump, even though dumpon verified
> it's set to the swap drive but /var/crash stays empty. I have
> dumpdev=AUTO in rc.conf and dumpdir=/var/crash as well.

If you don't have it already, you may also need 

ddb_enable="YES"
savecore_enable="YES"

Cheers,

-- Norbert Papke.
   npapke@acm.org


http://saveournet.ca
Protecting your Internet's level playing field