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Date:      Tue, 01 Oct 2024 18:17:43 +0100
From:      Frank Leonhardt <freebsd-doc@fjl.co.uk>
To:        FreeBSD questions mailing list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   I can't get no crash dump
Message-ID:  <e83d4893fcaae0914b4b17c981cc5ea7@fjl.co.uk>

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I've got a host that's mysteriously rebooting. There's no clue in the 
logs. It's not doing much - it's just a gateway. Just every few hours, 
it reboots. (It was a BSD 12 upgraded to 13, and it's been sitting there 
as a standby gateway for ages with no problem - ask it to do a bit of 
work and it gets in a strop).

Anyway, I'm trying to figure out how to get a crash dump, assuming 
there's a kernel panic leading to a reboot.

rc.conf:

dumpdev="AUTO"

# swapinfo -h
Device              Size     Used    Avail Capacity
/dev/ada0p2         8.0G       0B     8.0G     0%

# ls -ld /dev/dumpdev
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  11 Oct  1 15:07 /dev/dumpdev -> /dev/ada0p2

# ls -al /crash
total 10
drwxr-x---   2 root  wheel   3 Nov 15  2022 .
drwxr-xr-x  24 root  wheel  24 Oct  1 15:07 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel   5 Oct 23  2020 minfree   -   (contains 
"2048")

What am I missing here? Surely when it reboots I should be seeing 
vmcore.0 in there. Unfortunately this host is remote. Any other bright 
ideas about where I can find a clue what's upsetting it would be 
welcome.

Thanks, Frank.
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<p>I've got a host that's mysteriously rebooting. There's no clue in the lo=
gs. It's not doing much - it's just a gateway. Just every few hours, it reb=
oots. (It was a BSD 12 upgraded to 13, and it's been sitting there as a sta=
ndby gateway for ages with no problem - ask it to do a bit of work and it g=
ets in a strop).</p>
<p>Anyway, I'm trying to figure out how to get a crash dump, assuming there=
's a kernel panic leading to a reboot.</p>
<p>rc.conf:</p>
<p>dumpdev=3D"AUTO"</p>
<p><br /></p>
<p># swapinfo -h<br />Device &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbs=
p;Size &nbsp; &nbsp; Used &nbsp; &nbsp;Avail Capacity<br />/dev/ada0p2 &nbs=
p; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 8.0G &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0B &nbsp; &nbsp; 8.0G &nb=
sp; &nbsp; 0%</p>
<p><br /></p>
<p># ls -ld /dev/dumpdev<br />lrwxr-xr-x &nbsp;1 root &nbsp;wheel &nbsp;11 =
Oct &nbsp;1 15:07 /dev/dumpdev -&gt; /dev/ada0p2</p>
<p><br /></p>
<p># ls -al /crash<br />total 10<br />drwxr-x--- &nbsp; 2 root &nbsp;wheel =
&nbsp; 3 Nov 15 &nbsp;2022 .<br />drwxr-xr-x &nbsp;24 root &nbsp;wheel &nbs=
p;24 Oct &nbsp;1 15:07 ..<br />-rw-r--r-- &nbsp; 1 root &nbsp;wheel &nbsp; =
5 Oct 23 &nbsp;2020 minfree&nbsp; &nbsp;-&nbsp; &nbsp;(contains "2048")</p>
<p><br /></p>
<p>What am I missing here? Surely when it reboots I should be seeing vmcore=
=2E0 in there. Unfortunately this host is remote. Any other bright ideas ab=
out where I can find a clue what's upsetting it would be welcome.</p>
<p>Thanks, Frank.</p>
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