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Date:      Thu, 2 Mar 1995 23:37:29 +1596657 (MET)
From:      Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
To:        joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: A question about DODUMP
Message-ID:  <199503022237.XAA00817@yedi.iaf.nl>
In-Reply-To: <199503020636.HAA19784@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Mar 2, 95 07:36:56 am

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> As Bruce Evans wrote:
> > 
> > Only one dump device is supported.  It has to be large enough or the sd
> > and wd drivers refuse to write anything.
> 
> Perhaps we should also start to allow
> 
> 	kernel ... dumps on st0
> 
> some day?  This will also require that savecore can read from a plain
> file (so someone can dd the tape into /tmp before saving the core).
> Hmm, perhaps ``dd'' will be sufficient as ``savecore'' than...
> -- 
> cheers, J"org

Or allow partial dumps? Only active/'relevant' (what is relevant ? ;-)
pages to be dumped on a panic.

Wilko
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