Re: "Dump device" is only partition never swap file right? Deliberate or onl f historic reasons?
On 15/03/18 00:32, Tinker wrote: > Hi, > > I normally won't use any swap, and if it gets utilized then low > performance would be fine, so normally using a swap file would be > satisfactory for all my swap needs. > > That is, if it was not for OS crash dumps. I like to catch those (to > encrypted media) as they can provide insight into the reasons for > system crash e.g. resolve hardware instability or kernel bug. > The system is designed for the developers not the users. > Dumps are stored to the "dump device", which is the swap partition on > the system disk - and that has the consequence that dumps never are > stored to swap files, right? > > Is there a deliberate thought here that a crash could happen in the > filesystem logics so therefore better write dumps only directly to > partitions, or is this for historic reasons only e.g. noone bothered > consider giving "dump device" a wider definition? > > http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-6.2/crash > http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-6.2/savecore > http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-6.2/swapon > > Thanks, > Tinker >
"Dump device" is only partition never swap file right? Deliberate or onl f historic reasons?
Hi, I normally won't use any swap, and if it gets utilized then low performance would be fine, so normally using a swap file would be satisfactory for all my swap needs. That is, if it was not for OS crash dumps. I like to catch those (to encrypted media) as they can provide insight into the reasons for system crash e.g. resolve hardware instability or kernel bug. Dumps are stored to the "dump device", which is the swap partition on the system disk - and that has the consequence that dumps never are stored to swap files, right? Is there a deliberate thought here that a crash could happen in the filesystem logics so therefore better write dumps only directly to partitions, or is this for historic reasons only e.g. noone bothered consider giving "dump device" a wider definition? http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-6.2/crash http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-6.2/savecore http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-6.2/swapon Thanks, Tinker
