Subject: Re: README: changes to config, to support dump device configuration
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@pa.dec.com>
List: current-users
Date: 06/14/1997 13:29:25
> As far as _using_ it is concerned, here are a few examples:
> 
> config netbsd root on ? type ? dumps on ?
>         - wildcarded root, fstype, and dump device
> 
> config netbsd root on ? type ffs dumps on sd0b
>         - wildcarded root, ffs root fs, always dump on sd0b
> 
> config netbsd root on de0 type nfs dumps on wd0b 
>         - mount an nfs root using de0, and write kernel crash dumps
>           to wd0b 
> 
> config netbsd root on ? type ? dumps on none
>         - wildcarded root and fstype, force dumps to not be performed

Is it possible to do dumps to an NFS file?  (has it ever been
possible?)



chris