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Date:      Mon, 6 Sep 1999 17:35:05 +0300
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua>
To:        phk@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        Andrzej Bialecki <abial@webgiro.com>, Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: dumps before init?
Message-ID:  <19990906173505.B18720@relay.ucb.crimea.ua>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909061435340.2975-100000@freja.webgiro.com>; from Andrzej Bialecki on Mon, Sep 06, 1999 at 02:36:38PM %2B0200
References:  <19990906150724.I11485@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909061435340.2975-100000@freja.webgiro.com>

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On Mon, Sep 06, 1999 at 02:36:38PM +0200, Andrzej Bialecki wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Sep 04, 1999 at 05:39:01PM -0600, Warner Losh wrote:
> > > How does one  enable dumps before init?
> > > 
> > > Warner
> > 
> > According to the dumpon(8) manpage:
> > 
> > The dump device can also be specified at kernel compile time using the
> > ``dumps on'' clause in the kernel configuration file (see config(8)).
> > This is useful when the kernel panics before multi-user mode is reached.
> > Subsequent successful invocations of dumpon will override the compiled in
> > value.
> 
> Hmmm... Wasn't this config line removed in -current? You can do it in
> -stable, though.
> 
Umm, yes.  So, what's the way to do it in -current?  Poul?

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