LazySystemAdmin Blog: “Configuring Kernel dump in Suse Linux (SLES)” plus 1 more Articles

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LazySystemAdmin Blog: “Configuring Kernel dump in Suse Linux (SLES)” plus 1 more Articles

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Configuring Kernel dump in Suse Linux (SLES)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 05:13 AM PDT

Prerequisites Kdump stores kernel core dumps under /var. The partition that /var is on must have enough available disk space for the vmcore file, which will be approximately the size of the system's physical memory. By default, the system will...

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Linux kernel taint mechanism

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 05:08 AM PDT

What is kernel taint mechanism? The Linux kernel maintains a "taint state" which is included in kernel error messages.  The taint state provides an indication whether something has happened to the running kernel that affects whether a kernel error...

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