Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 00:31:14 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, mark.saad@ymail.com Subject: Re: Dumpdev issue in 6.4-STABLE Message-ID: <201008062231.o76MVEji063809@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <310494.29389.qm@web35304.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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Mark Saad wrote: > > > wrote: > > > I then set in /boot/loader.conf > > > > > > dumpdev="/dev/da0s1b" > > > > On 8-STABLE dumpdev should be defined in rc.conf(5). > > Not sure about > > 6-STABLE offhand. > > The box dies before init is started so dumpdev in rc.conf is pointless. I'm afraid you can't set dumpdev from the loader. In ancient times it was possible to hardcode the dumpdev via the kernel configuration, but that option is long gone, AFAIK. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "I started using PostgreSQL around a month ago, and the feeling is similar to the switch from Linux to FreeBSD in '96 -- 'wow!'." -- Oddbjorn Steffensen
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