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Date:      Tue, 23 Mar 1999 14:25:43 -0500
From:      Brian Adkins <brian@lojic.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Enabling dumping
Message-ID:  <4.1.19990323142119.00ae9f10@mailbox.iwaynet.net>

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After my recent panic attack :) I want to enable dumping in /etc/rc.conf

In my "The Complete FreeBSD" book 2nd. ed. p. 88, it says to change the
following:

dumpdev=NO
savecore=NO

to:

dumpdev=/dev/wd0s1b  (where this is the swap device)
savecore=YES

I had the dumpdev line in rc.conf, so I changed it appropriately, but there
was no savecore, so I added the line.  Is this correct, or does having
dumpdev set to a device imply savecore thus making it redundant.

Is there any way of testing this ie. simulate a panic?

thanks,

Brian Adkins




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