>> does /var/crash or kdump target directory as mentioned in >> /etc/kdump.conf exists? > > > One thing i forgot to mention is in my root there is not configuration file > /etc/sysconfig/kdump or > /etc/kdump.conf, is this anything to do with this and not even /var/crash, i > got the latest kexec-tool > source from the git and build it. This file will be provided the kexec-tools rpm of any distribution. I am not sure whether the git repo has it or not. It would be easier (say if you are on redhat, you can yum install kexec-tools, yum install kernel-kdump, boot it in kdump kernel) if your distribution rpms to set it up. You need to append crashkernel=128M@16M on kernel command line and boot it into the kdump kernel ( that you might have built with certain kexec related options enabled). Also you create directory /var/crash if it does not exist and you need to regenerate or create a new initrd for the second kernel( that will boot when crash happens). thx,thayumanavar s. _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
