Specifications

7-22 Compaq AlphaServer ES40 User’s Guide
7.4.7 Crash Command
For fatal errors, the UNIX and OpenVMS operating systems will save
the contents of memory to a crash dump file. Crash dump files can be
used to determine why the system crashed.
Example 7–8 Crash Command
P00>>> crash
CPU 0 restarting
DUMP: 19837638 blocks available for dumping.
DUMP: 118178 wanted for a partial compressed dump.
DUMP: Allowing 2060017 of the 2064113 available on 0x800001
device string for dump = SCSI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.
DUMP.prom: dev SCSI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0, block 2178787
DUMP: Header to 0x800001 at 2064113 (0x1f7ef1)
device string for dump = SCSI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.
DUMP.prom: dev SCSI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0, block 2178787
DUMP: Dump to 0x800001: .......: End 0x800001
device string for dump = SCSI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.
DUMP.prom: dev SCSI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0, block 2178787
DUMP: Header to 0x800001 at 2064113 (0x1f7ef1)
succeeded
halted CPU 0
halt code = 5
HALT instruction executed
PC = fffffc0000568704
P00>>>