dump(4)

dump -- boot dump timeout file

Description

The /etc/default/dump file contains keywords recognized by the ``timeout code''. When the system boots, if there is a system dump in the swap device, the system asks if you want to save the dump. After n seconds, the system assumes that you do not. The dump will be written in 1024 byte blocks unless otherwise specified with the TAPE_BLOCK_SIZE keyword.

TAPE_BLOCK_SIZE=blksize: specifies the preferred block size, in bytes, for saving the dump to tape. blksize must be a multiple of 512. If not defined, TAPE_BLOCK_SIZE defaults to 1024. To maintain compatibility with other commands that access the tape device, only change the default value if the tape device does not support writing 1024 byte blocks.
TIME=n: specifies the number of seconds that the system should wait before timing out. If n is zero, the save the dump question is never asked. If the line is missing from the file or if n is a negative value, the system waits forever. Otherwise, the system waits n seconds.

Files

/etc/default/dump

References

defadm(1M)