dump routine for mlx devices

[Fred Clift]

On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Andrew Kinney wrote:
> than others.  The obvious problem with using an IDE hard drive for
> crash dumps is that it represents a single point of failure that could
> bring the system down if the disk went bad while it was included in
> the swap space.

You wouldn't necessarily have to use the disk for swap space - just set it
up as your dump device, but dont use it for swap at all.  The only time
the disk would be used would be for crashdumps, and is less likley to get
in the way of the box properly functioning.  Of course, the
controller/drive electronics could wig and prevent the box from booting,
or take it down while running, but the risk is greatly reduced if you only
ever use this for dumping, and not for swap...  Then of course you have to
spend an extra $100 on hardware that just consumes power and most of the
time provides no bennefit...

Fred

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