From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 23 11:26:33 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.iwaynet.net (smtp.iwaynet.net [198.30.29.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBAAC14C83 for ; Tue, 23 Mar 1999 11:26:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@lojic.com) Received: from daytona (overkill.Progressive-Systems.Com [209.41.220.250]) by smtp.iwaynet.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id OAA27936 for ; Tue, 23 Mar 1999 14:25:32 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <4.1.19990323142119.00ae9f10@mailbox.iwaynet.net> X-Sender: adkins@mailbox.iwaynet.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 14:25:43 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Brian Adkins Subject: Enabling dumping Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message