partial dumps (was Re: Change default dumpdir to /usr/crash?)

[Brad Knowles]

At 7:55 AM -0700 2004/05/03, Steve Kargl wrote:

>  I would support the integration of the changes.  With
>  dual opteron systems capacities of 16 to 24 GB of memory,
>  partial dump goes from a "nice to have feature" to a
>  "we need this feature."

	Hmm.  What about compressed dumps?  Or are we doing that already?

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