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From: "Simon Turvey" <turveysp@ntlworld.com>
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Subject: Re: How to take a crash dump
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 10:16:52 -0000
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> I have "lcrash" installed on my system. I have 2.4.8 kernel. I would like
> to know how to make a linux system panic so that I can take a crash dump
> and analyse using "lcrash". Is there any command to make the system panis
> as we have on other unices(SVR4 and unixware)?

Try dereferencing a null pointer.  Works for me, intentionally or otherwise
:)

All the best,
    Simon

----- Original Message -----
From: "SATHISH.J" <sathish.j@tatainfotech.com>
To: "kernelnewbies" <kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org>; "linux-kernel"
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>; "linux india programming"
<linux-india-programmers@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 9:00 AM
Subject: How to take a crash dump


> Hi,
>
> I have "lcrash" installed on my system. I have 2.4.8 kernel. I would like
> to know how to make a linux system panic so that I can take a crash dump
> and analyse using "lcrash". Is there any command to make the system panis
> as we have on other unices(SVR4 and unixware)?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> Warm regards,
> Sathish.J
> Systems Engineer
> Tata Infotech Limited
> 80 Feet Road
> Indra Nagar
> Bangalore-560 038.
>
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