Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:11:24 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: Panic on boot. How do I get a kernel dump. Message-ID: <20070427031124.GA18527@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20070427030017.GA52347@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <de193d070704231144o40426f86j263e2309e2f9490f@mail.gmail.com> <f0j274$1bu$1@sea.gmane.org> <de193d070704231519h671193emdd5f8673246559ad@mail.gmail.com> <20070426204602.GA81382@keltia.freenix.fr> <de193d070704261535k11e5de1eh12842a4ab340a971@mail.gmail.com> <20070427012401.GZ2445@obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au> <20070427013742.GA51877@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20070427014317.GA17436@xor.obsecurity.org> <20070427030017.GA52347@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 08:00:17PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 09:43:17PM -0400, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 06:37:42PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: > > > > > > Re-read the text that you quoted. Tom doesn't have > > > dumpdev set, so there is no core for savecore to > > > retrieve. ISTR, that one could set dumpdev in the > > > loader. At the loader prompt, do > > > > > > set dumpdev="/dev/ad0s2b" > > > > I don't think this has existed for many years (it was removed during > > GEOM development). > > > > Bummer. I know I used this a long time ago to do some debugging. > Is there a sysctl tunable that can be set in the loader? To clarify, there is no way to set the dumpdev in the loader, by tunable or any other method :) Kris
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