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Update the description about the dumpdev variable in rc.conf.

Reported by:	Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd _at_ jdc dot parodius dot com>
Reviewed by:	bcr, wblock, freebsd-doc
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Ryusuke SUZUKI 2012-01-20 15:56:00 +00:00
parent 41dcdf0c34
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Notes: svn2git 2020-12-08 03:00:23 +00:00 
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handled by setting the <varname>dumpdev</varname> variable in
&man.rc.conf.5; to the path of the swap device (the
recommended way to extract a kernel dump) or
<filename>AUTO</filename> to use the first configured swap
device. <filename>AUTO</filename> is the default as of
&os;&nbsp;6.0.</para>
<literal>AUTO</literal> to use the first configured swap
device. The default for <varname>dumpdev</varname> is
<literal>AUTO</literal> in HEAD, and changed to
<literal>NO</literal> on RELENG_* branches (except for RELENG_7,
which was left set to <literal>AUTO</literal>).
On &os;&nbsp;9.0-RELEASE and later versions,
<application>bsdinstall</application> will ask whether crash dumps
should be enabled on the target system during the install process.</para>
<tip><para>Check <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> or
&man.swapinfo.8; for a list of swap devices.</para></tip>