From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 28 19: 7:17 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1613D37B9BE for ; Fri, 28 Apr 2000 19:07:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) id LAA80966; Sat, 29 Apr 2000 11:37:12 +0930 (CST) Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 11:37:12 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: "NandaKumar P.K." Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Crash dump on swap device Message-ID: <20000429113712.H79469@freebie.lemis.com> References: <20000427133548.29452.qmail@web1905.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <20000427133548.29452.qmail@web1905.mail.yahoo.com> Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog X-PGP-Fingerprint: 6B 7B C3 8C 61 CD 54 AF 13 24 52 F8 6D A4 95 EF Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thursday, 27 April 2000 at 6:35:48 -0700, NandaKumar P.K. wrote: > Hi, > > I wanted to analyse a driver crash dump in FreeBSD > 3.4. I specified the dumpdevice in rc.conf, but i am > not finding anything under the /var/crash directory. Did you have a panic? Did it dump? > Now i want to specify the dump device in the kernel configuration > file, but i didn't get it in what format i should specify ? Anyone > can help me ? You can't do that any more. > May be a bit more explanation (exact steps)how debug the crash dump > also will help me since i am finding that section of the handbook > not that user friendly. Well, it's not a thing for beginners. The real issue is that until you understand the kernel well, dump analysis isn't very easy. Even when you understand the kernel well, dump analysis isn't very easy. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message