From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 16 14:52:51 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A0EB16A420 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:52:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7617843D45 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:52:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from flame.pc (aris.bedc.ondsl.gr [62.103.39.226]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.13.5/8.13.5/Debian-3) with ESMTP id k1GEqKYx008241 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:52:30 +0200 Received: from flame.pc (flame [127.0.0.1]) by flame.pc (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k1GEqCRW034673; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:52:12 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by flame.pc (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k1GEq9WC034667; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:52:10 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:52:09 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Joe Auty Message-ID: <20060216145209.GA34657@flame.pc> References: <1CFD830B-2CAC-44A9-9120-6CF351FD3EB9@netmusician.org> <443bimav7o.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <039BD206-0592-4F99-BE9B-CB49310E5BDC@netmusician.org> <44oe19ftis.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <5681BB6E-A511-4790-A8D9-33FBCBA3B800@netmusician.org> <44d5hnqt2k.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-3.346, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.85, BAYES_00 -2.60, DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE 0.20) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr Cc: Lowell Gilbert , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: core dump with dump command SOLVED X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:52:51 -0000 On 2006-02-16 09:29, Joe Auty wrote: > Thanks everybody for their help. > > As it turns out, I guess dump was being starved for memory, as > running it while booted into FreeBSD normally using -L to indicate a > live filesystem worked just fine. I believe this is because there is > an extra swap file available from a normal FreeBSD boot, as specified > in my /etc/rc.conf. I'm not sure if my theory completely holds up, > but there you have it. > > Thanks again! I'm up and running... That's very likely. I usually start single user mode with something like the following: # adjkerntz -i # swapon -a # fsck -p # mount -u / # mount -va Having a swap partition enabled definitely helps to avoid ending up without any free memory ;)