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Re: dump to cgdNb device



Taylor R Campbell wrote:
> Can you ktrace it to see what devices it's actually looking at?
> 
> Every time I try to scrutinize savecore it makes me dizzy.  I think if
> you selected cgd1b as the dump device with `swapctl -D', rather than
> using the default of <rootdev>b, and/or if the running kernel image
> doesn't match the dumped kernel image, savecore may get confused.

Indeed. When I renamed my kernel to /netbsd, savecore worked.

> Maybe savecore should have an option to specify what the dump device
> is supposed to be.

I think it has but I didn't try it.

Alex


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