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authortrhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>2002-04-09 19:51:50 +0000
committertrhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>2002-04-09 19:51:50 +0000
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Update dumpon manual page to explain single/multi-user usability
PR: 36465 No Objections from: ru
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@@ -96,14 +96,12 @@ is the text string:
.Pp
Since
.Nm
-can only be called after the system enters single-user mode,
-it can not be used to create dumps for system panics during
-kernel initialization.
-In such cases use
+cannot be used during kernel initialization, the
.Va dumpdev
-tunable provided by
+variable of
.Xr loader 8
-instead.
+must be used to enable dumps for system panics which occur
+during kernel initialization.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr sysctl 3 ,
.Xr fstab 5 ,
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