From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 11 2:32:20 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cav.logica.co.uk (cav.logica.co.uk [158.234.10.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E0A737B400 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 02:32:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from eckert.logica.co.uk (eckert.logica.co.uk [158.234.10.17]) by cav.logica.co.uk (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id KAA11407 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 10:31:54 GMT Received: by eckert.logica.co.uk with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 10:31:41 -0000 Message-ID: From: "Newton, Harry" To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Crash dumps before initialization finished Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 10:31:38 -0000 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ... the title says it all really ! How do I get the kernel to dump core if it panics before the boot process has finished ? There used to be a 'dumps on' modifier to the 'config' line in the kernel configuration file, ( aka 'crash on' ) but this has gone. What do you do if the system panics during initialization ? Harry ( please email me direct on: newtonha@logica.com --- poorly machine at home ) David Eatough Logica Developer Utility Networks and Services Division tel: 0161 438 8089 http://www.logica.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message