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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 16:29:38 -0700 (MST)
From: "Ryan Sommers" <ryans@gamersimpact.com>
To: "Ashwin Chandra" <ashcs@ucla.edu>
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Subject: Re: VMCORE NOT FOUND
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Ashwin Chandra said:
> ryan,
> i think i was a bit vague in my email. I am correctly usnig the swap
> device
> and dump directory. Before the system reboots the core should be saved
> from
> the swap device (before it mounts) and into the path that i specified.
> dumpdev="/dev/ad0s1b", our 2gb swap device and dumpdir="/usr/crash"
> So I am doing all this correctly, yet still no dump comes up and I am not
> sure why! =(

Do me a favor and attach your kernel config.

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Ryan Sommers
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