Subject: Re: savecore and UVM
To: None <edelcamp@easynet.fr>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: current-users
Date: 02/10/1998 16:53:54
On Tue, 10 Feb 1998 11:31:50 +0100 (CET) 
 Eric Delcamp <edelcamp@Pop-Bordeaux-13.easynet.fr> wrote:

 > Hi,
 > 
 > I have a kernel with UVM defined (i386). When booting, I get :
 > 
 > ...
 > uvm_swap: allocated 138 swap buffer headers
 > ...
 > savecore: /dev/wd0a: Device busy
 > ...
 > 
 > I have tried to recompile savecore with UVM=true in /etc/mk.conf and also
 > with COPTS=-DUVM (first don't work now ;-).
 > 
 > Any ideas ?

What is the name of your kernel?  If it's not "/netbsd", then savecore
might read the wrong value for dumpdev (because it would get the namelist
from /netbsd...)

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