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README | 7 +++++++
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1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
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--- a/README
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+++ b/README
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@@ -80,6 +80,13 @@ The recommended values by architecture f
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ia64: crashkernel=512M (on small machines use 256M)
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ppc64: crashkernel=128M@32M
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+NOTE: The memory sizes are only "recommended". It really depends on the amount
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+of memory and number of CPUs/nodes of the system how much memory will be needed
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+in the caputure kernel to boot the kdump system and to take the dump.
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+Therefore, if the kdump capture system doesn't come up, try to increase the
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+memory size. Powers of two (2^n) are *not* necessary but the "natural" choice
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+for memory sizes.
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+
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After setting the boot loader option, activate the Kdump init script, which is
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not activated by default. To do this, use the YaST System Services (Runlevel)
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module. Alternately, enable the service on the command line with the following
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