Re: how to set dumpdev

> > On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Danny Braniss wrote:
> > > 	i can't use dumpon, since the kernel is panicking on boot, so
> 
> Hello,
> 
> There used to be a "dump" directive in the kernel config file (config root on 
> XXX swap on YYY dump on ZZZ), but I can't find any trace in our kernel or in 
> current config file of NetBSD or OpenBSD (time to resurrect the option ?).
> 
> In your case, this kind of hardwired configuration knob would certainly be 
> handy (I've looked at the code in dumpon.c : the dump device is selected via 
> an IOCTL and not a loader-tunable sysctl flag : too bad).
> 
> 	TfH

not so quick, i have many different machines sharing the same kernel, so
a hardwire option is not good in general.
but at the moment anything will do.

danny