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Date:      Thu, 6 Nov 2003 17:06:13 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        "Jaco H. van Tonder" <freebsd-questions@premsoft.co.za>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: savecore changed?
Message-ID:  <20031106170446.V18198@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <055801c3a4a2$75c30c40$3635a8c0@jaco>
References:  <055801c3a4a2$75c30c40$3635a8c0@jaco>

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On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Jaco H. van Tonder wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have a -CURRENT kernel that panics the moment it starts booting, and I
> have to use another kernel to boot properly (GENERIC). The problem is that I
> want to dump the core from the faulty kernel, and I see that savecore no
> longer support a -N flag like in 4.X? How do I save the core in -CURRENT
> from a different kernel? UPDATING does not mention any change in savecore.
> :(

savecore won't recover the old kernel? Can't say I've ever had that
problem. Can you show error messages?  -CURRENT savecore no longer grabs
kernel.0, so it shouldn't matter what the running kernel is.

-- 
Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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