Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 15:37:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Saad <mark.saad@ymail.com> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, mark.saad@ymail.com Subject: Re: Dumpdev issue in 6.4-STABLE Message-ID: <915273.79945.qm@web35301.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <201008062231.o76MVEji063809@lurza.secnetix.de>
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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. > Oliver so how do I get a core file of what the kernel is doing ? What is the "new way" of doing this ? > 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 > -- Mark Saad mark.saad@ymail.com
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