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Date:      Sat, 16 Dec 2000 16:12:03 -0600 (CST)
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        "Rick Moore" <rickm@theriver.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Mysterious Crashes...
Message-ID:  <14907.59571.365940.747609@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <37373499@toto.iv>

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Rick Moore <rickm@theriver.com> types:
> Identical servers under less strenuous activity run for months without a
> problem.  I'm not even sure if there is a "panic" before it reboots, and I'm
> not sure where the kernel dumps would get placed.  Is there a way to get a
> clue as to what's going on?  Just pointing me at the right documentation
> would be a great help.

You need to add 'dumpdev="/dev/XXXXXX"' to /etc/rc.conf. The "XXXX" is
the device you are swapping to (well it could be some other device
you're not using, but swap is what's normally used). The crash dump
will be put in /var/crash. See the dumpon and savecore man pages for
details.

	<mike
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