Subject: Re: crash dumps on NetBSD/alpha?
To: Fred L. Templin <templin@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-alpha
Date: 09/23/1996 10:23:41
On Mon, 23 Sep 1996 09:57:01 -0700
templin@nas.nasa.gov (Fred L. Templin) wrote:
> 1. Is it even possible to save a crash dump image on the
> NetBSD Alpha port? If so, is it possible to analyze the
> dump using some sort of debugging tool?
To my knowledge, NetBSD/alpha doesn't yet support crash dumps. I'm
not exactly sure why ... Chris will have to answer that :-)
> 2. Is there a way to disable auto-rebooting, so that I can
> at least glean the panic string when the system goes
> belly-up?
In the PROM, you could set the "auto action" (I forget the exact
PROM environment variable) to "halt" ... that should keep it from
doing an automatic reboot...
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