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Date:      Fri, 7 Nov 2003 13:28:18 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        "Jaco H. van Tonder" <freebsd-questions@premsoft.co.za>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: savecore changed?
Message-ID:  <20031107132648.C25053@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <072901c3a547$de853a00$3635a8c0@jaco>
References:  <055801c3a4a2$75c30c40$3635a8c0@jaco> <20031106170446.V18198@carver.gumbysoft.com> <072901c3a547$de853a00$3635a8c0@jaco>

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On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Jaco H. van Tonder wrote:

> Doug,
>
> Sorry, my bad, there was no dump availible. I still dont know how I
> would manage to get a dump if the kernel panics while busy booting (It
> does not know about dumpdev yet?)

Ouch. Yeah this is one of those times when you can't grab a dump.  You can
compile DDB in and at least poke around.

You do have a listing of the panic & boot messages up to the point of the
panic, yes? If not this would be a good time to learn about serial
console.

-- 
Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@gumbysoft.com          |  www.FreeBSD.org



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