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Date:      Tue, 17 Aug 1999 19:45:54 -0500 (EST)
From:      Greg Hormann <ghormann@ns.kconline.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Errors from savecore/kvm_mkdb (one more try)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9908171941430.6631-100000@ns.kconline.com>

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Didn't get any responses the first time.

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I have a 3.1R "play" box at home that panics about once a week.  I decided
to try and save a dump file, so I followed directions in Chapter 22 of
the Handbook.  (After 5 years of owning and working on a FreeBSD servers,
I have *never* needed a dump file before.  Gota love stability.)

Specificly, I used "config -g", set dumpdev="/dev/wd1s1b" in rc.conf,
compiled the kernel, saved a copy as /kernel.debug, stripped it with
"strip -g kernel" then did a "make install."

On boot, 2 error messages appeared which bothered me.  Couldn't find an
info in handbook, man pages, or mail archives.  These anything to be
worried about?

savecore /kernel _dumpdev not in namelist
...
kvmm_mkdb: /kernel stripped inappropriate file type or format

Also top didn't work complaining that nlist wasn't defined.

What did I do wrong?

Thanks,

Greg.



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