dumpdev question (probably stupid)

[Chris H.]

Quoting "Chris H." <chris#@1command.com>:

> Quoting "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher at yandex.ru>:
>
>> Chris H. wrote:
>>> Given that the server that I need to create a dumpdev on has has a
>>> slice dedicated to /var with *more* than adequate space to accommodate
>>> the the resources needed for a dumpdev, as well as everything else in
>>> /var. Is it enough to simply:
>>>
>>> # mkdir /var/crash
>>> # chmod 700 /var/crash
>>>
>>> and set *dumpdev* in */etc/fstab* as such?:
>>
>> No. For the dumpdev in most cases you can use your swap.
>> Also you will need a dumpdir - directory where crash will be saved by
>> the savecore(8).
>> Try this:
>> # cat >> /etc/rc.conf
>> dumpdev="AUTO"
>> dumpdir="/var/crash"
>> ^D
>> # /etc/rc.d/dumpon start
>>
>
> WOW! Thank you Andrey, for the prompt and informative reply!
> It's just like me sometimes, to make things more difficult than
> they're intended. :-P
>
> OK then. If I understand you correctly, I simply need to create:
> /var/crash (the default)
>
> then correctly set perms:
> chmod 700 /var/crash
>
> add the following to /etc/rc.conf:
> dumpdev="AUTO"
> dumpdir="/var/crash"
>
> bounce the server and ensure that /etc/rc.d/dumpon is started
> immediately after the boot process has completed.
> Correct?

OOPS! /etc/rc.d/dumpon is moot, given that dumpdev="AUTO" is already
set in /etc/rc.conf.

Sorry, I should have waited 30 seconds longer before replying.

Thanks again.

--Chris

>
> Thanks again!
>
> --Chris
>
>
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