Optionally set the dump device.

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/etc/rc b/etc/rc
index 8220376..b7bf3d3 100644
--- a/etc/rc
+++ b/etc/rc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-#	$Id: rc,v 1.65 1995/05/15 08:39:08 davidg Exp $
+#	$Id: rc,v 1.66 1995/05/15 19:50:59 rgrimes Exp $
 #	From: @(#)rc	5.27 (Berkeley) 6/5/91
 
 # System startup script run by init on autoboot
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ echo clearing /tmp
 (cd /tmp && rm -rf [a-km-pr-zA-Z]* &&
     find -d . ! -name . ! -name lost+found ! -name quotas -exec rm -rf -- {} \;)
 
+# enable dumpdev so that savecore can see it
+if [ "X${dumpdev}" != X"NO" ]; then
+	dumpon ${dumpdev}
+fi
+
 # /var/crash should be a directory or a symbolic link
 # to the crash directory if core dumps are to be saved.
 if [ "X${savecore}" = X"YES" -a -d /var/crash ]; then
diff --git a/etc/sysconfig b/etc/sysconfig
index 7a0c6e9..0486c24 100644
--- a/etc/sysconfig
+++ b/etc/sysconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # This is sysconfig - a file full of useful variables that you can set 
 # to change the default startup behavior of your system.
 #
-#	$Id: sysconfig,v 1.14 1995/05/17 04:46:57 rgrimes Exp $
+#	$Id: sysconfig,v 1.15 1995/06/17 03:37:18 ache Exp $
 
 ######################### Start Of Syscons Section #######################
 
@@ -143,6 +143,12 @@ namedflags="NO"
 # Set to YES if you want to run the X-10 power controller daemon
 xtend=NO
 
+# Set to the name of the device for kernel crashdumps, or `off' to
+# disable any statically configured dumpdev, or NO to do nothing.
+# The device should normally be one of the swap devices specified
+# in /etc/fstab.
+# dumpdev=/dev/sd0b
+
 # Set to YES if you want kernel crashdumps to be saved for debugging
 savecore=NO