From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Sep 6 7:39: 3 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 B7ECC157CD; Mon, 6 Sep 1999 07:38:02 -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 RAA26397; Mon, 6 Sep 1999 17:35:05 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from ru) Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 17:35:05 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov To: phk@FreeBSD.org Cc: Andrzej Bialecki , Warner Losh , hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: dumps before init? Message-ID: <19990906173505.B18720@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> Mail-Followup-To: phk@FreeBSD.org, Andrzej Bialecki , Warner Losh , hackers@FreeBSD.org References: <19990906150724.I11485@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: ; from Andrzej Bialecki on Mon, Sep 06, 1999 at 02:36:38PM +0200 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Sep 06, 1999 at 02:36:38PM +0200, Andrzej Bialecki wrote: > On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > > 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. > > Hmmm... Wasn't this config line removed in -current? You can do it in > -stable, though. > Umm, yes. So, what's the way to do it in -current? Poul? -- 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