Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 23:27:37 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Nick's Lists" <mrlist@noid.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting dumpdev problems.... Message-ID: <15098.6329.20349.514065@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <52511419@toto.iv>
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Nick's Lists <mrlist@noid.org> types: > This is on a 4.3S System - since the mlx driver doesn't have a dump routine > in it, I've added an IDE drive to the system to hold crashdumps. However, > I'm having problems getting it to work. > > I created the slice and partition via /stand/sysinstall. > > # grep dumpdev /etc/rc.conf > dumpdev="/dev/ad0s1b" > # swapinfo > Device 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Type > /dev/ad0s1b 262016 0 262016 0% Interleaved > # sysctl kern.dumpdev > kern.dumpdev: > # dumpon -v /dev/ad0s1b > dumpon: sysctl: kern.dumpdev: No space left on device > # > > I've had a look through the handbook, google, archives, etc, and haven't > been able to find anything that would point out what's going on. Does anyone > have any ideas or suggestions? How much physical memory do you have? I note that the dumpon man pages specifies that the dump device "must be at least 64 KB greater than the size of physical memory." <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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