From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Dec 10 9:23:18 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 751A337B401 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 09:23:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from ops.tamu.edu (ops.tamu.edu [165.91.250.112]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD8DC43EA9 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 09:23:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nipsy@ops.tamu.edu) Received: from nipsy by ops.tamu.edu with local (Exim 4.10) id 18Lo6F-0005IE-00 for stable@freebsd.org; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 11:23:15 -0600 Received: from smtp-relay-f5.tamu.edu ([165.91.143.199] helo=tamu-relay.tamu.edu) by arrakis.tamu.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 18Lo5q-0003DM-00 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 11:22:50 -0600 Received: from ops.tamu.edu (ops.tamu.edu [165.91.250.112]) by tamu-relay.tamu.edu (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBAHMjDU079145 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 11:22:46 -0600 (CST) Received: from nipsy by ops.tamu.edu with local (Exim 4.10) id 18Lo5k-0005He-00 for nipsy@tamu.edu; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 11:22:44 -0600 Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 11:22:44 -0600 From: Mark Nipper To: Mark Nipper Subject: Re: question about swap files and crash dumps Message-ID: <20021210172244.GB16042@ops.tamu.edu> References: <20021127193544.GA4399@ops.tamu.edu> <200212090311.gB93B57S045590@magus.nostrum.com> <20021210151243.GB298@ops.tamu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021210151243.GB298@ops.tamu.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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