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- From: mike%jim.uucp@wupost.wustl.edu (Mike Suter)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Subject: Re: system dump
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.202353.27078%jim.uucp@wupost.wustl.edu>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 20:23:53 GMT
- References: <1992Jul22.075012.27943@jabaru.cec.edu.au> <1992Jul23.150834.20528@sci34hub.sci.com>
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- gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston) writes:
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- >In article <1992Jul22.075012.27943@jabaru.cec.edu.au> d10590@tanus.oz.au (Robert Chalmers) writes:
- >>Could someone tell me how to stop the message 'dump image in swaop area, do
- >>you wish to save it?' from appearing each time I start up. I say yes and save
- >>it, still there next time. I say no, and continue, still there next time. Any
- >>idesas anyne.
-
- Try executing this to get rid of the swap dump (works on SCO):
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- dd if=/etc/termcap of=/dev/swap bs=1k count=4
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- >You are shutting down your system properly, aren't you? You can't just hit
- >the power switch; otherwise there *will* be a dump image in the swap area
- >every time, not to mention bits and pieces of files vanishing.
-
- I dont know about that--when you switch the power off, Unix doesn't
- have time to dump anything to swap. I agree with the part about
- vanishing files, though :)
-
- >Make sure you do a powerdown or shutdown command before turning the machine
- >off. Unix is a *lot* more complex than DOS.....
-
- Amen!
-
- Mike
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