Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 17:48:31 -0500 From: "Paul A. Procacci" <pprocacci@datapipe.com> To: Mark Saad <mark.saad@ymail.com> Cc: "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Dumpdev issue in 6.4-STABLE Message-ID: <20100806224831.GE74256@nat.myhome> In-Reply-To: <915273.79945.qm@web35301.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <201008062231.o76MVEji063809@lurza.secnetix.de> <915273.79945.qm@web35301.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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Mark, Perhaps remote GDB via serial console... http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug-online-gdb.html This explain it in very good detail. ~Paul On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 06:37:37PM -0400, Mark Saad wrote: > > > 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,? > > Gesch?ftsfuehrung: > > secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: > > Registergericht M?n- > > chen, HRB 125758,? Gesch?ftsf?hrer: 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" This message may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please advise us immediately and delete this message. See http://www.datapipe.com/about-us-legal-email-disclaimer.htm for further information on confidentiality and the risks of non-secure electronic communication. If you cannot access these links, please notify us by reply message and we will send the contents to you.
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