Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 3 Jul 1999 20:54:04 -0700 (PDT) | From | Dan Hollis <> | Subject | Re: The stability crisis |
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On Sun, 4 Jul 1999, Keith Owens wrote: > When the kernel is hung, almost all I/O hangs with it. > You can discuss where to dump Oops to your heart's content. Unless you > can rely on the dump mechanism to work when the kernel is dead then you > are wasting your time.
So figure out a way to keep PC BIOS from mangling ram on hard reset. Then dump to swap from lilo or something.
-Dan
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