how to set dumpdev

Andre Guibert de Bruet andy at siliconlandmark.com
Thu Apr 28 02:37:30 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.

Andy

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