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Date:      Wed, 21 Jul 1999 09:19:00 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it>
To:        FreeBSD hackers mailing list <hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: is dumpon/savecore broken? (fwd)
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.3.95q.990721091849.12080E-100000@elect8>

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 > I think that is Nick's point.  You can no longer specify a dump
 > device in the kernel config file.
 > 
 > troutmask:root[203] config TROUTMASK
 > config: line 41: root/dump/swap specifications obsolete
 > 
 > On the other hand, you should have kernel.old or a fixit
 > floppy available.

The problem is not having a kernel lying around, I have about five. I
would like to crash the system before the filesystems get mounted
read/write. /usr you can mount read only and you can put the important
directories on NFS, but the root and /var are still at jeopardy.

Writing the USB Zip driver is a bit of a pain this way.

Nick
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ISIS/STA, T.P.270, Joint Research Centre, 21020 Ispra, Italy




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