dumpdev question (probably stupid)

[Chris H.]

Quoting "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher at yandex.ru>:

> Chris H. wrote:
>> OK then. If I understand you correctly, I simply need to create:
>> /var/crash (the default)
>
> Yes. Also you need a swap size > ram size.

swap slice is already 3 times greater than memory. So I'm confident
there's enough space.

>
>> 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?
>
> if you don't want reboot your machine after changing rc.conf
> you can run `/etc/rc.d/dumpon start`. It will mark your swap as
> a dumpdev. At the boot time /etc/rc.d/dumpon will be started
> automatically (if "dumpdev" is set).
> After system crash the kernel memory dump will be saved to the dempdev
> and after reboot dump will be extracted from the swap into dumpdir
> by the savecore.
>

Yes, That occurred to me immediately after replying to you -
dumpdev="AUTO" already ensures that. :)


Thanks again for all your time and trouble.

--Chris

> -- 
> WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov
>



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