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From: rsk@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Bob Kemp)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Re: [netbsd 0.9]
Date: 14 Oct 1993 13:11:27 +0100
Organization: Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton
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References: <LUNDMAN.93Oct7122703@kauri.kauri.vuw.ac.nz> <CEKpys.Fs6@sztaki.hu>
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In <CEKpys.Fs6@sztaki.hu> pink@fsz.bme.hu (Szabolcs Szigeti (PinkPanther)) writes:
>In article 93Oct7122703@kauri.kauri.vuw.ac.nz, lundman@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (L Lundman) writes:
>>We also have 'savecore' in the 'rc' file but it's not doing anything.
[...]
>Basically the machine gets a trap while trying to make a dump, then reboots.
>No vmcore is created.

I vaguely remember seeing a comment in their BUGS file about it
splatting on DOS partitions while dumping (in some circumstances).
Perhaps this is why its disabled?

Bob

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