Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:44:49 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Frank Solensky <frank@solensky.org> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Kernel crash before dumpon Message-ID: <20081125194420.M20210@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <1227635054.6253.16.camel@frank-laptop> References: <1227635054.6253.16.camel@frank-laptop>
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> > The page includes the following suggestion on how I might be able to > proceed: > Alternatively, the dump device can be hard-coded via the > dump clause in the config(5) line of a kernel configuration > file. This approach is deprecated and should be used only > if a kernel is crashing before dumpon(8) can be executed. > > I tried adding > config dump "/dev/ad4s3b" > to the configuration file but that option appears to be no longer > supported: the config command gives an error message of: > root/dump/swap specification obsolete > > Is the paragraph above obsolete? If so, what's the preferred way to > collect the dump? > > Thanks > > in rc.conf dumpdev="/dev/dumpdevice"
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