how to dump 1

[chiefbill]

Our Unix 5.1 system has hung on us twice with a mail message saying there was a problem while writing to the disk during a dump. Disk space is fine. Field engineer suggested halting the system and doing a dump vice a shutdown. He could tell me how to halt the system but didn't know how to initiate the dump form the >
thanks
Bill

 

[bi]

Which flavor of Unix?

 

[chiefbill]

we're using the Compaq Tru64 Unix

 

[mrmac228]

Never heard of being able to do a dump from the >>> prompt.

Have you tried running fsck in single user mode to check that the disk your dumping to is ok?


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[bi]

Check this URL for the doc for a tru64.

http://h30097.www3.hp.com/docs/base_doc/DOCUMENTATION/V51_HTML/ARH9FCTE/TITLE.HTM

Chapter 14 discusses how to force a sysdump.

You could also do a man -k dump to see what topics come up and check those out.

 

[chiefbill]

Thanks bi! Your post answered my question and gave me a great resource for Unix
Best
Bill