> Well IRIX boxes tend to have a PROM in which there is a file system
> and a disk driver, thus when the system goes totally boink they can
> escape to those and still do the core dump. That is pretty hard on
> todays PC hardware.
Nope, IRIX writes the kernel core itself ...
Aside, the PROMs are rather primitive.
> Other than that I still haven't found much more useful info in those
> monster dumps you get on commercial system than what the OOPS provides.
If the Oops is logged anywhere.
Ralf
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