From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 16 14:56:59 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 031AB16A420 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:56:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joe@netmusician.org) Received: from netmusician.org (netmusician.org [209.67.223.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 906CA43D48 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:56:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joe@netmusician.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by netmusician.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 094DD730B7; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 09:56:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from netmusician.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (netmusician.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 41461-10; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 09:56:57 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (12-223-193-72.client.insightbb.com [12.223.193.72]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by netmusician.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 452F2730AD; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 09:56:57 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <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> <20060216145209.GA34657@flame.pc> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Joe Auty Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 09:56:55 -0500 To: Giorgos Keramidas X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at netmusician.org 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 14:56:59 -0000 On Feb 16, 2006, at 9:52 AM, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > 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 ;) > I was doing swapon -a too, but perhaps this command does not enable swap directories that have been attached to /etc/rc.conf? ----------- Joe Auty NetMusician: web publishing software for musicians http://www.netmusician.org joe@netmusician.org