Re: How do you crash AIX 5.3?

From: Justin Bleistein (justin.bleistein_at_TOWERSPERRIN.COM)
Date: 07/27/05

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    What do you mean by crash? Do you mean system/ o/s dump? You could use the
    AIX command: "sysdumpstart".
    Be sure to view your system dump/crash settings first to make sure they
    are set appropriately via: "sysdumpdev".
    Thanks.

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    How do you crash AIX 5.3?

    How do you crash AIX 5.3, we have tried echo dhfeifhoio > /dev/kmem but
    we're getting an error:
    Ksh: A memory address is not in the address space for the process
    Thanks

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