The manual states that dumpdev "AUTO is the default as of FreeBSD 6.0" [1]
However: # uname -a FreeBSD xxxxxx 9.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE #0: Tue Jan 3 07:46:30 UTC 2012 r...@farrell.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 # grep dumpdev /etc/defaults/rc.conf dumpdev="NO" # Device to crashdump to (device name, AUTO, or NO). savecore_flags="" # Used if dumpdev is enabled above, and present. It looks like NO is still the default. Is there a reason why this should not be turned on even for production machines? I haven't read about any side effects, but it seems to be off by default for some reason. Please cc me on any responses since I'm not currently subscribed. Cheers Ari [1] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug.html -- --------------------------> Aristedes Maniatis ish http://www.ish.com.au Level 1, 30 Wilson Street Newtown 2042 Australia phone +61 2 9550 5001 fax +61 2 9550 4001 GPG fingerprint CBFB 84B4 738D 4E87 5E5C 5EFA EF6A 7D2E 3E49 102A _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"