[lkdump-develop] service diskdump start fails

[rahul K. <rah...@ya...>]

Hi,

I am using Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 Update 3 machine.

I had problem of running diskdump and saving core dump on scsi device /dev/sdq5.

Then, I downloaded kernel 2.6.9  and patched with patches present in diskdump-1.0.tar.gz. I have patched megaraid diskdump patch for kernel 2.6.9.

Then I compiled the kernel. And installed diskdumputils of version 1.3.15.

Whenever I run "service diskdump start" command. It always fails (I have already run service diskdump initialformat). 

I have debugged the script /etc/init.d/diskdump and found that 

"/sbin/diskdumpfmt -c /dev/sdq5" command always returns 4.

I tried diskdump for swap device (/dev/sda2). Its failing for swap device also.

Why it is always failing? 

Am I missing any configuration? 

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks and regards,
Rahul

 				
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