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| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8 | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8 b/sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8 index 0b74853..a767755 100644 --- a/sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8 +++ b/sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8 @@ -61,10 +61,11 @@ variable in the boot time configuration file .Pa /etc/rc.conf . .Pp For most systems the size of the specified dump device must be at least -the size of physical memory. Even though a header is added to the dump -the BIOS for a platform typically holds back some memory, so you usually -do not have to size the dump device larger then the actual amount of ram -you stuffed into the machine. +the size of physical memory. +Even though an additional header is added to the dump, +the BIOS for a platform typically holds back some memory, so it is not usually +necessary to size the dump device larger than the actual amount of RAM +available in the machine. .Pp The .Fl v |
