Re: kernel crash dump could not be obtained

From: Kris Kennaway (kris_at_obsecurity.org)
Date: 10/31/05

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    On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 02:58:50AM -0800, kamal kc wrote:

    > but rebooting does not show any crash dump file
    > on /var/crash.

    What is displayed when savecore is run at boot time? Alternatively,
    what happens when you run savecore yourself? You may not have enough
    space on /var to save the dump.

    Kris

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