From 6ff8114c79c0b29ac71b125809348aa6ac4f7347 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Dillon Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 17:27:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Replace the 'at least the amount of physical memory + 64K' with a better explanation in regards to sizing the dump device. --- sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8 | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8 b/sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8 index 53f435cf948c..0b748539aaf3 100644 --- a/sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8 +++ b/sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8 @@ -60,8 +60,11 @@ controlled by the variable in the boot time configuration file .Pa /etc/rc.conf . .Pp -The size of the specified dump device must be at least 64 KB greater -than the size of physical memory. +For most systems the size of the specified dump device must be at least +the size of physical memory. Even though a header is added to the dump +the BIOS for a platform typically holds back some memory, so you usually +do not have to size the dump device larger then the actual amount of ram +you stuffed into the machine. .Pp The .Fl v