Re: How to locate memory dump file

From: Stephen M. Dunn (stephen_at_stevedunn.ca)
Date: 07/22/03 

Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 17:33:08 GMT

In article <vhqpj26q2ac66d@corp.supernews.com> "Rebecca" <nospam@yahoo.com> writes:
$But I forgot to write down the hardware device number. After I rebooted the
$system, I bypassed the request to save memory dump to floppy. When I was
$prompted to remove the file, I said "no".
$
$Where can I find the memory dump on the system?

   It's in your dump device, which unless you've configured the
system otherwise is your swap device, /dev/swap. As long as the
system hasn't done any swapping, it'll still be there.

   The FAQ has a bit of information on what you might want to do
to try to troubleshoot this problem. 

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