Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net> writes:

>>> can you make a crash dump, or does the machine have trouble doing that?
>>
>>Umh, can I force it somehow?
>
> at the ddb prompt, type "sync" and that should do it.  barring any
> other problems, of course...

I sometimes use `reboot 104' in ddb, it have sometimes helped me (esp when
working with filesystems). You can leave out the 4 if you feel that you
want to sync your filesystem.

104 == RB_DUMP | RB_NOSYNC

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