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From: Mark Santcroos <marks@ripe.net>
To: Nick Strebkov <nick@humgat.org>
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Subject: Re: obtaining a kernel crash dump
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On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 04:34:42PM +0300, Nick Strebkov wrote:
> I can't obtain a crash dump.

Can you, on a clean -current, break into DDB and force a panic by simply
typing "panic" ?
Please report whether the kernel dumps core in this case.

Some systems have problems with ATA that prevents them from dumping.

Mark