My utility to specify where you want crash dumps to go. More user

and kernel support to follow.

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+.Dd May 12, 1995
+.Dt DUMPON 8
+.Os FreeBSD 2.1
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm dumpon
+.Nd "specify a device for crash dumps"
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm dumpon
+.Op Fl v
+.Ar special_file
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm Dumpon
+is used to specify a device where the kernel can save a crash dump in
+the case of a panic.
+The system begins with no dump area configured for safety, unless a
+.Dq dumps on
+clause was specified in the input to
+.Xr config 8 .
+The dump device must be one of the swap areas
+specified in the configuration file, and it must be at least the size
+of physical memory.
+Calls to
+.Nm dumpon
+normally occur in the system multi-user initialization file
+.Pa /etc/rc ,
+before the
+.Xr savecore 8
+program is run.
+The
+.Fl v
+flag can be specified to cause the
+.Nm
+program to be verbose about its activity.
+.Pp
+The 
+.Nm
+program operates by setting the
+.Xr sysctl 3
+MIB variable
+.Dq kern.dumpdev
+to the device number of the designated 
+.Ar special_file
+or to
+.Dv NODEV
+(meaning that no dumps are to be taken) if
+.Ar special_file
+is the text string
+.Dq Li off .
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr dumpon 2 ,
+.Xr init 8 ,
+.Xr rc 8 ,
+.Xr savecore 8
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width /dev/[ws]d?b -compact
+.It Pa /dev/[ws]d?b
+standard paging devices
+.El
+.Sh BUGS
+Because the filesystem layer is already dead by the time a crash dump
+is taken, it is not possible to send crash dumps directly to a file.
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+command appeared in
+.Tn FreeBSD
+2.1.