Subject: Re: avoiding kernel crash dumps
To: None <netbsd-help@NetBSD.org>
From: Mike M. Volokhov <mishka@apk.od.ua>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/19/2005 16:23:46
On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 15:09:13 +0200 (CEST)
"Timo Schoeler" <timo.schoeler@riscworks.net> wrote:

> > On 2005.08.19 14:15:55 +0000, timo.schoeler@riscworks.net wrote:
> > | hi,
> > |
> > | is there a way to disable any crash dumps from the kernel (avoiding it
> > | destroying wrong configured RAIDframe sets)?
> >
> > You want to read http://www.netbsd.org/guide/en/chap-rf.html.
> >
> > 		-- Rui Paulo
> 
> that's why i wrote 'wrong configured RAIDframe sets' -- the machine is
> colocated, i'm neither able nor willing to risk reconfiguration stuff
> (except for e.g. building a tweaked kernel and reboot)... ;)
> 
> timo
> 

If so, please try out the following two variables:

kern.dump_on_panic=0 (avoid crash dumps)
ddb.onpanic=0 (doesn't fall into DDB on panic, useful for remote machines)

--
Mishka.