zombie processes

[Matthew Dillon]

:On 2005-01-13, Matthew Dillon <dillon at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:>
:>:er ... that probably doesn't just make a dump but also needs a reboot?
:>:is 300 zombies enough?
:>     
:>     Plenty.
:>
:> 					-Matt
:> 					Matthew Dillon 
:> 					<dillon at xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
:em ok ... but what about the restart ... does that panic the machine or just
:makes the dump?

    ctl-alt-esc, panic, ret, ret...  machine panics, dumps core, reboot,
    machines comes up normally but fsck's and save's the core to /var/crash.

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon at xxxxxxxxxxxxx>