Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 11:10:03 GMT From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/118255: savecore never finding kernel core dumps (rcorder problem) Message-ID: <200712011110.lB1BA31d034368@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/118255; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: conf/118255: savecore never finding kernel core dumps (rcorder problem) Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 02:55:36 -0800 This is great information; thanks for providing it! I found it quite educational/informational. The documentation Antony provided seems to indicate two things: 1) That savecore(8) should really be run before swapon(8) -- I don't see any indication that swap needs to be made available prior to mounting filesystems, which is what Doug B. was stating was a necessity. 2) That even regardless of Item #1, savecore(8) should be working (assuming that kernel dumps are still written from the end of the swap device to the front (e.g. backwards)), and that swapon(8) shouldn't be stomping on kernel dumps. I haven't tried changing the rcorder of the /etc/rc.d scripts in question to see if it works. My gut feeling says it probably will, but I'm not sure of the implications. Doug, can you provide some comments/insight here when time permits? -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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