debugging frequent kernel panics on 8.2-RELEASE

[Steven Hartland]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeremy Chadwick" freebsd at jdc.parodius.com

>> >In combination with this, we use the following in /etc/rc.conf (the
>> >dumpdev line is important, else savecore won't pick up anything):
>> >
>> >dumpdev="auto"
>> 
>> I thought this was ment to be the default from back in the 6.x days but
>> it didnt seem to work, so I added the gptid device from /etc/fstab
> 
> /etc/defaults/rc.conf has dumpdev="NO", which affects two things: both
> /etc/rc.d/dumpon (this script is a little tricky, you really have to
> read it slowly/pay close attention to what's going on), and
> /etc/rc.d/savecore.

Hmm, someone might want to correct the docs then:-
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug.html

"AUTO is the default as of FreeBSD 6.0"


    Regards
    Steve

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