how to set dumpdev

Danny Braniss danny at cs.huji.ac.il
Thu Apr 28 03:13:04 PDT 2005


> 
> On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Danny Braniss wrote:
> 
> > 	i can't use dumpon, since the kernel is panicking on boot, so
> > tried in loader.conf:
> > 	dumpdev="/dev/ar0s1b"
> > but getting:
> > db> call doadump
> > Cannot dump. No dump device defined.
> > 0x25
> >
> > i need this is for current 6.0
> > thanks,
> > 	danny
> >
> 
> That directive, along with dumpdir, would be set in /etc/rc.conf.

no cookies,

i can't, since the kernel panics before it can call /sbin/init




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