docs/113570: dumpon(8), sysctl(8) refer to defunct variable "dumpdev"
Sam Lawrance
lawrance at FreeBSD.org
Mon Jun 11 11:30:06 UTC 2007
>Number: 113570
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: dumpon(8), sysctl(8) refer to defunct variable "dumpdev"
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: update
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Mon Jun 11 11:30:06 GMT 2007
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Sam Lawrance
>Release: FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
The dumpon and sysctl man pages refer to the loader variable "dumpdev" and
sysctl "kern.dumpdev" as a method of setting the dump device before boot.
It seems that this method is no longer available.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Remove the references to dumpdev.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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