Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 7 Jul 1999 18:13:12 -0700 (PDT) | From | Dan Hollis <> | Subject | Re: KMSGDUMP: dump kernel messages to a diskette |
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On Thu, 8 Jul 1999, Riley Williams wrote: > Hi Dan. > >> 2. Dumping to hard disc. There is a veritable minefield of issues > >> to deal with here, not least the fact that such assumes that the > >> relevant controller subsystems are still working. I do not even > >> intend to begin to wade into those murky waters, sorry. > > See the bit about dumping on hard reset. Also Albert Cahalan's > > '286 return from real mode' comments. Seems like a reasonable > > way to go. > Reasonable for those who can afford to get their hard disks trashed > whilst the bugs are being worked out. I'll wait until it's finished, > thank you...
Nope the dump on hard reset via 286 return to real mode should be 100% safe, as far as I can tell. Please explain why you think the hard disks would be trashed.
-Dan
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