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In <200509071316.j87DGgac008593@peedub.jennejohn.org>, Gary Jennejohn <garyj@jennejohn.org> typed:
> Koen Martens writes:
> > (Note: swap is 2048mb, physical memory is also 2048mb).
> IIRC swap has to be a little (64kB?) bigger than memory because the
> kernel writes a header containing necessary information about the
> dump to swap.

That information used to be in the dumpon man page. It was replaced by
a "better" explanation. I've submitted a PR to get this information
added back to the man page.

	<mike
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