Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:11:06 -0700 From: "Chris H." <chris#@1command.com> To: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru> Cc: "\[FBSDS\]" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: dumpdev question (probably stupid) Message-ID: <20071026041106.hfzm32iy8s8o8kss@webmail.1command.com> In-Reply-To: <4721C00C.1010905@yandex.ru> References: <20071026030636.e2yuttew8ososo48@webmail.1command.com> <4721C00C.1010905@yandex.ru>
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Quoting "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru>: > Chris H. wrote: >> Given that the server that I need to create a dumpdev on has has a >> slice dedicated to /var with *more* than adequate space to accommodate >> the the resources needed for a dumpdev, as well as everything else in >> /var. Is it enough to simply: >> >> # mkdir /var/crash >> # chmod 700 /var/crash >> >> and set *dumpdev* in */etc/fstab* as such?: > > No. For the dumpdev in most cases you can use your swap. > Also you will need a dumpdir - directory where crash will be saved by > the savecore(8). > Try this: > # cat >> /etc/rc.conf > dumpdev="AUTO" > dumpdir="/var/crash" > ^D > # /etc/rc.d/dumpon start > WOW! Thank you Andrey, for the prompt and informative reply! It's just like me sometimes, to make things more difficult than they're intended. :-P OK then. If I understand you correctly, I simply need to create: /var/crash (the default) then correctly set perms: chmod 700 /var/crash add the following to /etc/rc.conf: dumpdev="AUTO" dumpdir="/var/crash" bounce the server and ensure that /etc/rc.d/dumpon is started immediately after the boot process has completed. Correct? Thanks again! --Chris -- panic: kernel trap (ignored)
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