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Date:      Sun, 20 Jun 2004 23:50:01 +0200
From:      "Willem Jan Withagen" <wjw@withagen.nl>
To:        "Steve Kargl" <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: GEOM panic in today's -current
Message-ID:  <0af401c45710$89ae47d0$471b3dd4@dual>
References:  <20040618213843.GA77071@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>

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> db> call doadump
> Dumping 511 MB
>
> Dump failed.  Partition too small.
>
> The dump partition is 1 GB in size, but it is attached
> to the ATA controller.  The panic occurs during the
> the probing of the acd0.  See dmesg from previous
> kernel below.

This could be that you forgot to define the dumpdevice...

I ran into this a few times as well until I printed how much it thought there
was. Turned out to be 0, and I realised that I forgot to define the dumpdevice.
So I suggested a patch telling people the correct reason...

--WjW




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