> is because /etc/rc has this:
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> swapon -a
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> if [ -d /var/crash ]; then
>         echo checking for core dump...
> 	savecore /var/crash
> fi
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> so it's possible that something trashes the swap area before
> savecore has a chance to save it.  i could be wrong, i got
> sick of building kernels for the night a few hours ago and
> haven't looked at it since  ;-)

that's not likely to be the problem; core files aren't written right
at the beginning of the swap partition, to avoid just this problem.
8-)

One possibility is that the core dump format has changed recently, and
i doubt the dump code has been updated to match.  you may want to look
into this...


chris