From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Mar 16 23:31:37 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.ZSEA.zp.ua (ZSEA.zp.ua [212.8.40.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FF2937B718 for ; Fri, 16 Mar 2001 23:31:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from laa@laa.zp.ua) Received: (from laa@localhost) by mx1.ZSEA.zp.ua (8.x.x/8.x.x) with œ id f2H7VBf70962; Sat, 17 Mar 2001 09:31:11 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from laa@laa.zp.ua)œ Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 09:31:11 +0200 From: "Alexandr A. Listopad" To: Roberto Nunnari Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel core dump Message-ID: <20010317093111.A70589@laa.zp.ua> References: <3AB261C3.7F555A9D@die.supsi.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3AB261C3.7F555A9D@die.supsi.ch>; from nunnari@die.supsi.ch on Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 07:56:03PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 07:56:03PM +0100, Roberto Nunnari wrote: > Hi all. > > Does setting 'dumpdev=/dev/ad0s2b' in rc.conf > enables the generation of kernel core dumps? > > /dev/ad0s2b is the swap partition. > > will the system upon next reboot automatically save > the core on the filesystem or it's necessary to do > it by hand in single user mode? yes, if you type ``panic'' in ddb mode after panic. -- Laa To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message