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From: heller@socko.cdnow.com (A. Karl Heller)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Turning on crash dumps?
Date: 2 Jul 1997 13:56:49 GMT
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Under 2.2.2 I have the following in /etc/rc.conf:
savecore_enable="YES" # Save kernel crashdumps for debugging (or NO)."
# Save kernel crashdumps for debugging (or NO).
dumpdev="/dev/sd0s1b" # Device name to crashdump to (if enabled)."
# Device name to crashdump to (if enabled).
Where /dev/sd0s1b is :
# Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass#
/dev/sd0s1b none swap sw 0 0
Can anyone tell me, then, why this machine isn't keeping core dumps?
Everyday this machine just reboots ( according to "last" ), however I have
the feeling something else is wrong, but I have no way to track it down without
a dump.
Any suggestions?
Karl