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Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8 | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8 b/sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8 index 53f435c..0b74853 100644 --- a/sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8 +++ b/sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8 @@ -60,8 +60,11 @@ controlled by the variable in the boot time configuration file .Pa /etc/rc.conf . .Pp -The size of the specified dump device must be at least 64 KB greater -than the size of physical memory. +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. .Pp The .Fl v |
