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Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8')
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8 b/sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8 index f1c8675..634e8c9 100644 --- a/sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8 +++ b/sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8 @@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -utility is used to specify a device where the kernel can save a crash dump in -the case of a panic. +utility is used to specify a device where the kernel can save a crash +dump in the case of a panic. .Pp Calls to .Nm @@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ controlled by the 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 an additional header is added to the dump, -the BIOS for a platform typically holds back some memory, so it is not usually +For most systems the size of the specified dump device must be at +least 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 |