Re: KMSGDUMP: dump kernel messages to a diskette

Riley Williams (rhw@MemAlpha.CX)
Thu, 8 Jul 1999 02:05:07 +0100 (GMT)


Hi Dan.

>> 2. Dumping to hard disc. There is a veritable minefield of issues
>> to deal with here, not least the fact that such assumes that the
>> relevant controller subsystems are still working. I do not even
>> intend to begin to wade into those murky waters, sorry.

> See the bit about dumping on hard reset. Also Albert Cahalan's
> '286 return from real mode' comments. Seems like a reasonable
> way to go.

Reasonable for those who can afford to get their hard disks trashed
whilst the bugs are being worked out. I'll wait until it's finished,
thank you...

On the other hand, I have plenty of floppies I can afford to trash,
and I usually leave a trashable floppy in the drive as they're much
quieter that way, at least on the machine in my bedroom...

Best wishes from Riley.

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