From 948d6fa62c05d7be9f656506cd82d28bdc3fda14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 22:00:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Mention the use of ``dempdev'' in /etc/rc.conf

---
 handbook/kerneldebug.sgml | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/handbook/kerneldebug.sgml b/handbook/kerneldebug.sgml
index 4e73f40d82..881a15d79d 100644
--- a/handbook/kerneldebug.sgml
+++ b/handbook/kerneldebug.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Id: kerneldebug.sgml,v 1.17 1997-10-19 13:32:10 jraynard Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: kerneldebug.sgml,v 1.18 1998-05-29 22:00:49 obrien Exp $ -->
 <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
 
 <chapt><heading>Kernel Debugging<label id="kerneldebug"></heading>
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
   you can configure your kernel to use an alternate dump device
   (in the <tt>config kernel</tt> line), or
   you can specify an alternate using the dumpon(8) command.  
+  The best way to use dumpon(8) is to set the <tt>dumpdev</tt>
+  variable in <tt>/etc/rc.conf</tt>.  Typically you want to specify
+  one of the swap devices specified in <tt>/etc/fstab</tt>.
   Dumps to non-swap devices,
   tapes for example, are currently not supported.  Config your
   kernel using <tt>config -g</tt>.