On Sep 25, 2006, at 8:36, Johan Ström wrote:
What exactly does
kernel dumps on /dev/mirror/gm0s1b
mean? Not that it saves any kernel dumps at least.. But otoh I have
no clue why it
It means exactly that. IIRC kernel dumps are created in swap space
and on the next boot are moved to ${dumpdir}. I'm pretty certain this
is explained nicely in the handbook[1].
AFAIK kernels can only be dumped on real devices, not on virtual
devices like /dev/mirror/*. In that case your setup is not going to
get you any dumps.
Besides that, it is probably not a very good idea to mirror your
swap. I am certain it is bad for performance, if it'd gain you
reliability is beyond my knowledge. This has been discussed before,
you probably want to check the archives.
[1] Which I didn't check as I'm about to be in a hurry...
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