conf/84172: loader.conf(5) is missing an entry for "dumpdir"

Gary W. Swearingen garys at opusnet.com
Wed Jul 27 14:30:22 GMT 2005


>Number:         84172
>Category:       conf
>Synopsis:       loader.conf(5) is missing an entry for "dumpdir"
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jul 27 14:30:18 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Gary W. Swearingen
>Release:        FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
none
>Environment:
n/a
>Description:

/boot/defaults/loader.conf, based on comments in the dumpon(8)
manpage, should have a line something like this (in the "Kernel
settings" section ?):

#dumpdir="special_file" # Tell kernel to crash-dump to "special_file" (eg, /dev/ad0s1b). See dumpon(8)

>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Add the line.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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