[3401] in testers
Re: kernel panic on an O2
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert A Basch)
Fri Jan 30 12:55:20 1998
To: oliver thomas <othomas@MIT.EDU>
Cc: testers@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 30 Jan 1998 11:54:25 EST."
<199801301654.LAA00969@mufasa.MIT.EDU>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 12:54:49 EST
From: Robert A Basch <rbasch@MIT.EDU>
> is there any way to tell the o2 not to throw up the [Press reset to
> restart the machine] prompt after a panic, but rather restart right
> away?
The "rebound" nvram variable should do this, according to the prom man
page:
rebound If set to y, the system attempts to automatically reboot in the
event of a kernel panic overriding the value of the
reboot_on_panic systune parameter. This variable is stored in
nonvolatile RAM.
(The nvram command can set this variable).
> should it be saving core dumps in /var/adm/crash?
This is determined via the SAVECORE configuration variable in
/etc/athena/rc.conf. Default is "false".
Bob
