From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 4 01:23:56 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id BAA24651 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 4 Jan 1996 01:23:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from ncc-1701-d.starfleet.gov (root@ix-sb1-25.ix.netcom.com [204.32.201.57]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA24628 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 1996 01:23:45 -0800 (PST) Received: (from d_burr@localhost) by ncc-1701-d.starfleet.gov (8.6.11/8.6.9) id BAA00259; Thu, 4 Jan 1996 01:28:05 -0800 Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 01:28:05 -0800 (PST) From: Donald Burr X-Sender: d_burr@ncc-1701-d To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: setting up for kernel dumps? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I'm trying to set up for kernel coredump saving. I want to dump to /dev/wd0s1b -- this is my swap partition. But I'm not sure how to do this, I try adding "dumps on wd0s1" in the kernel config file, but when the kernel panic's, it always says "invalid device 0:131073" (sorry, this message is being typed from memory). How do I set this up properly? any help greatly appreciated. I'd prefer setting it up in the kernel config file, so that if the kernel crashes BEFORE booting begins, a crashdump will still be saved. (if you use the dumpon command, this won't catch this) Thanks for your help! Donald Burr [d_burr@ix.netcom.com], PO Box 91212, Santa Barbara CA 93190-1212 TEL (805)564-1871 / FAX 564-2315 / WWW http://www.geopages.com/WallStreet/2072 PGP Public Key available by request (send e-mail) or on Public Key Servers. ** Uphold your right to privacy - Use PGP. **