Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:43:49 +0200 From: Patrick Lamaiziere <patfbsd@davenulle.org> To: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.0 and GPT_PART and core-dump Message-ID: <20090717134349.4a6d6f53@baby-jane.lamaiziere.net> In-Reply-To: <h3pjmq$4fh$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <20090716221732.3017dc1a@baby-jane.lamaiziere.net> <3a142e750907170030n1915764bve0478039497a6e89@mail.gmail.com> <20090717115859.465bdb38@baby-jane.lamaiziere.net> <h3pjmq$4fh$1@ger.gmane.org>
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Le Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:27:32 +0200,
Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> a =C3=A9crit :
> When the kernel attempts a dump on the device, do you perhaps see a=20
> message like "partition type unsupported?".=20
Yes at boot-time :
GEOM_PART: Partition 'ad4p3' not suitable for kernel dumps (wrong type?)
>One thing that's changed
> in GPART is that it will not allow dumps on partitions marked like
> they contain a file system.
>=20
> Specifically, if you're using GPT, the dump partition's type needs to
> be either gpt_uuid_freebsd_swap or gpt_uuid_linux_swap. For FreeBSD
> swap, it's 516e7cb5=E2=80=906ecf=E2=80=9011d6=E2=80=908ff8=E2=80=9000022d=
09712b.
I do not have a GPT partition for the swap. My swap is in ad4p3b
=3D> 0 85679712 ad4p3 BSD (41G)
0 4194304 2 freebsd-swap (2.0G)
Thanks.
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