Re: KMSGDUMP: dump kernel messages to a diskette
Dan Hollis (goemon@sasami.anime.net)
Wed, 7 Jul 1999 18:13:12 -0700 (PDT)
On Thu, 8 Jul 1999, Riley Williams wrote:
> 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...
Nope the dump on hard reset via 286 return to real mode should be 100%
safe, as far as I can tell. Please explain why you think the hard disks
would be trashed.
-Dan
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