In article <3A99BD26.8716BEC8@arc.corp.mot.com> you write:
>On first boot, the system asked me for a "dump device".  Am I correct to
>assume this is "swap"?

No.  It's the device on which the kernel will deposit a core dump if it
panics.  Well, it would be if NetBSD/macppc could do kernel core dumps,
which it can't (PR#11854).

Swap's configured by having "sw" entries in /etc/fstab.

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Ben Harris                                                   <bjh21@netbsd.org>
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