On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Brian Candler wrote: > On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 05:37:16AM -0400, Andre Guibert de Bruet wrote: > > > i can't use dumpon, since the kernel is panicking on boot, so > > >tried in loader.conf: > > > dumpdev="/dev/ar0s1b" > > >but getting: > > >db> call doadump > > >Cannot dump. No dump device defined. > > >0x25 > > > > > >i need this is for current 6.0 > > >thanks, > > > danny > > > > > > > That directive, along with dumpdir, would be set in /etc/rc.conf. > > According to `man dumpon` (on a 5-STABLE system): > > Since dumpon cannot be used during kernel initialization, the dumpdev > variable of loader(8) must be used to enable dumps for system panics > which occur during kernel initialization. > > But I don't find 'dumpdev' referenced anywhere under /usr/src/sys/boot/. Is > the documentation wrong? It wouldn't be there, but it alos loks like that tunable has gone away when GEOM took over definign the dump device. Now it needs a struct to specify the target, and you wouldn't be able to set it until way late in the boot anyway (when GEOM attaches the disks). -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite_at_gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.orgReceived on Sat Apr 30 2005 - 00:18:08 UTC
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