Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 11:22:44 -0600 From: Mark Nipper <nipsy@tamu.edu> To: Mark Nipper <nipsy@tamu.edu> Subject: Re: question about swap files and crash dumps Message-ID: <20021210172244.GB16042@ops.tamu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20021210151243.GB298@ops.tamu.edu> References: <20021127193544.GA4399@ops.tamu.edu> <200212090311.gB93B57S045590@magus.nostrum.com> <20021210151243.GB298@ops.tamu.edu>
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On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 09:12:43AM -0600, Mark Nipper wrote: > Anyway, at this point, I'll probably end up backing up > the 260GB+ of junk currently on the machine and will reinstall > this coming weekend, configuring enough swap space to catch a > crash dump this time. Fun! Of course, once I have done this, it > will probably stop dying on me. Actually, I realized I can just add this spare 2GB Maxtor I had sitting around instead! Duh. How convenient I had it still! I'll configure it as my dump device once it is in and hopefully will get a good dump next time it dies on me. -- Mark Nipper e-contacts: Computing and Information Services nipsy@tamu.edu Texas A&M University http://arrakis.tamu.edu/nipsy/ College Station, TX 77843-3142 AIM: texasnipsy ICQ: 66971617 (979)575-3193 Yahoo: texasnipsy -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- GG/IT d- s++:+ a-- C++$ UBL+++$ P--->+++ L+++$ E--- W++ N+ o K++ w(---) O++ M V(--) PS+++(+) PE(--) Y+ PGP++(+) t 5 X R tv b+++ DI+(++) D+ G e h r++ y+(**) ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ ---begin random quote of the moment--- "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989 ----end random quote of the moment---- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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