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Date:      Sun, 25 Oct 1998 08:24:23 -0500
From:      "John C. Place" <placej@ka3tis.com>
To:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: kernel panic from quota?
Message-ID:  <19981025082423.A237@ka3tis.com>
In-Reply-To: <19981024113253.B3102@homer.louisville.edu>; from Keith Stevenson on Sat, Oct 24, 1998 at 11:32:53AM -0400
References:  <19981024033231.A6200@homer.louisville.edu> <19981024103119.16296@ka3tis.com> <19981024113253.B3102@homer.louisville.edu>

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On Sat, Oct 24, 1998 at 11:32:53AM -0400, Keith Stevenson wrote:
> It's my understanding that when the kernel drops core, it leaves behind an
> image of your _entire_ VM space.  Since this particular box has 512MB of RAM in
> it, a 512MB core file seems reasonable to me.  (I _like_ having half gig of
> RAM!)
> 
That was my point if you limit the amount of ram then you could diagnose the 
problem with only a 8 or 16MB file. Might make it easier to diagnose.

Just a Thought

John

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