Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 17:50:28 +0200 From: Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@bart.nl> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, Gary Jennejohn <garyj@muc.de>, Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>, Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@FreeBSD.ORG>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DDB and dumping disk Message-ID: <20000328175028.A475@lucifer.bart.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003290136530.626-100000@alphplex.bde.org>; from bde@zeta.org.au on Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 01:38:19AM %2B1000 References: <37478.954248264@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003290136530.626-100000@alphplex.bde.org>
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-On [20000328 17:40], Bruce Evans (bde@zeta.org.au) wrote: >On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > >> Given that the moment at which dumpdev is set seems important, I think >> it's probably better for me to back these isntructions out of the >> dumpon(8) manual page and wait for something less tricky. >> >> Do you agree? > >Yes. > >The man page is also misleading about single user mode. dumpon(8) works >fine in single user mode. The problem case is when the system crashes >before reaching user mode. Exactly. And that is what I am now slowly trying to work on. Brian's addition of show disk in ddb was one step ahead. Now to get the functionality in one way or the other in either the loader or ddb or another thing. -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven Network- and systemadministrator <asmodai@bart.nl> VIA NET.WORKS The Netherlands BSD: Technical excellence at its best http://www.bart.nl That's your Destiny, the only chance, take it, take it in your hands... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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