From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Sep 6 5:10:39 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from relay.ucb.crimea.ua (relay.ucb.crimea.ua [212.110.138.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8682E14DA0 for ; Mon, 6 Sep 1999 05:10:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ru@ucb.crimea.ua) Received: (from ru@localhost) by relay.ucb.crimea.ua (8.9.3/8.9.3/UCB) id PAA90458; Mon, 6 Sep 1999 15:07:24 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from ru) Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 15:07:24 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov To: Warner Losh Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dumps before init? Message-ID: <19990906150724.I11485@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> Mail-Followup-To: Warner Losh , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG References: <199909042339.RAA00473@harmony.village.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <199909042339.RAA00473@harmony.village.org>; from Warner Losh on Sat, Sep 04, 1999 at 05:39:01PM -0600 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Sep 04, 1999 at 05:39:01PM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > How does one enable dumps before init? > > Warner According to the dumpon(8) manpage: The dump device can also be specified at kernel compile time using the ``dumps on'' clause in the kernel configuration file (see config(8)). This is useful when the kernel panics before multi-user mode is reached. Subsequent successful invocations of dumpon will override the compiled in value. -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message