Bug 20701

Summary:	savecore not working
Product:	Base System	Reporter:	Charlie Root <root>
Component:	kern	Assignee:	freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status:	Closed FIXED
Severity:	Affects Only Me
Priority:	Normal
Version:	4.1-STABLE
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description Charlie Root 2000-08-18 16:00:04 UTC

	On booting after a kernel panic, savecore fails with the following
	error message:

  	   checking for core dump...savecore: /kernel: _dumplo not in namelist

Fix: 

Unknown
How-To-Repeat: 
	Cause kernel panic

Comment 1 Ruslan Ermilov 2000-08-21 13:02:50 UTC

On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 10:59:23AM -0400, Charlie Root wrote:
> 
> 	On booting after a kernel panic, savecore fails with the following
> 	error message:
> 
>   	   checking for core dump...savecore: /kernel: _dumplo not in namelist
> 
Did you accidentally strip your /kernel?

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Comment 2 Sheldon Hearn freebsd_committer

2000-08-21 13:18:44 UTC

State Changed
From-To: open->feedback

Ruslan's suggestion about having stripped the kernel is much 
more likely to be the answer than the suggestions I sent 
you. 

Let us know.

Comment 3 ru freebsd_committer

2000-08-21 14:31:27 UTC

State Changed
From-To: feedback->closed

Originator reports that the problem was caused by 
improper use of strip(1) on the /kernel binary.