From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Aug 1 0:27:32 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from bugz.infotecs.ru (bugz.infotecs.ru [195.210.139.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7DD337B40A for ; Wed, 1 Aug 2001 00:27:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vel@bugz.infotecs.ru) Received: (from root@localhost) by bugz.infotecs.ru (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f717fXs06699; Wed, 1 Aug 2001 11:41:33 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from vel) From: "Eugene L. Vorokov" Message-Id: <200108010741.f717fXs06699@bugz.infotecs.ru> Subject: Re: crash dump output In-Reply-To: "from Mohana Krishna Penumetcha at Aug 1, 2001 12:21:15 pm" To: Mohana Krishna Penumetcha Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 11:41:33 +0400 (MSD) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL82 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Maybe it's offtopic a bit, but can you please give exact instructions of how > > to compile debug kernel ? My machine crashes sometimes too, I tried to compile > > debug kernel, but it seemed not so easy and I gave up due to lack of time. Or > > is there any URL with a good explanation ? > > you just call config with '-g' option. and compile the kernel in normal > way. The freebsd handbook discusses this in more detail. Hmm. It seems like I need spare swap device for crashdump ? What can I do if I have no room on disk for this ? Can normal swap device be used, and if yes, how to save core on panic ? I think swap device contents will be lost on the next reboot ... Regards, Eugene To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message