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Date:      Thu, 12 Mar 1998 09:14:37 -0800
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        ccsanady@friley585.res.iastate.edu
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Softupdates code not Prime Time yet. 
Message-ID:  <199803121714.JAA08296@austin.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <199803121709.LAA00367@friley585.res.iastate.edu>
References:  <199803121709.LAA00367@friley585.res.iastate.edu>

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In article <199803121709.LAA00367@friley585.res.iastate.edu>,
Chris Csanady  <ccsanady@friley585.res.iastate.edu> wrote:

> I would, although my system is unable to do a dump.  I have been wondering
> for a while why this is, but it seems that dumpon is just plain broken.
> It will not work on anything other that the first disk. (no, this is not
> specific to cam..)
> 
> This is what happens..
> 
> $ dumpon /dev/da1s1b
> dumpon: sysctl: kern.dumpdev: No space left on device

Probably you've added RAM recently.  Remember, the dump is the full
size of the system RAM, so the dump device has to be at least that
large.
--
   John Polstra                                       jdp@polstra.com
   John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                Seattle, Washington USA
   "Self-knowledge is always bad news."                 -- John Barth

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