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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!network.ucsd.edu!rutgers!flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU!flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU!usenet From: millerm@skie.ECE.ORST.EDU (Mike Miller) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Subject: NetBSD 0.9 Core Dumps Keywords: core dumps .9 Message-ID: <25rkoeINNof5@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU> Date: 30 Aug 93 01:22:22 GMT Organization: College of Engineering, Oregon State University Lines: 13 NNTP-Posting-Host: skie.ece.orst.edu In the BUGS file the following bug is listed: > kernel will dump a vmcore into any partition, if one marked 0xa5 isn't > present. this can nuke a DOS partition very nicely... This is very concering to me. How do I ensure that I have a partition marked 0xa5? Do I just make one on install similar to /tmp and /sys ? Insight on this would be most appreicated since my dos partition contains valuable information. Thanks, Mike Miller | The time has come, the walrus said, millerm@skie.ece.orst.edu | To talk of many things. >=^/>