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Date:      Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:45:00 +0100
From:      "Ronald Klop" <ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org>
To:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 9.1 ZFS-Related Crash
Message-ID:  <op.wsh0ha038527sy@ronaldradial>
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:09:25 +0100, Tim Gustafson <tjg@ucsc.edu> wrote:

>> Do you have something like serial console so you can capture the output?
>
> We do not, unfortunately.  I'm not even sure this box has any serial
> ports.  The box does have an IPKVM management interface that we use
> regularly, but I don't think that has any recording capability.

Recording can be as simple as the possibility to scroll back in a terminal  
window.

> I turned on crash dumps by adding this to my /etc/rc.conf:
>
> dumpdev="auto"
>
> Will crash dumps be helpful here?

Yes. Make sure you have enough swap space for the dump. See 'man dumpon'  
and 'man savecore' for more information.

Ronald.



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