sassign(F)

sassign -- define dump, root, and swap devices

Format

swap xnamex minor
dump xnamex minor
root xnamex minor

Description

/etc/conf/cf.d/sassign is an ASCII file that is read by idconfig to define the dump, root, and swap devices used by the system. xnamex is the internal name of the device as defined by the first field of the mdevice(F) file, and minor is the device minor number.

The dump device can be changed to allow a crash dump to be written to tape; the default dump device is set equal to the swap device.

You can also define the default dump device using the dump bootstring (see bootstring(HW)).

Examples

The following entry in sassign causes a dump of the system image to be written to the first no-rewind SCSI tape device if the system crashes: 
   dump	Stp	8
Alternatively, to dump to the no-rewind QIC-02 cartridge tape drive in QIC-24 format: 
   dump	ct	8

Limitations

Only SCSI tapes allow a dump to be written across volumes. The cartridge tape driver (see cartridge(HW)) returns an error if it reaches the end of the tape.

See also

bootstring(HW), cartridge(HW), crash(ADM), idconfig(ADM), scsitape(HW)
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