Package: dumputils (1.0.0-1)

simple configuration and dump recovery utilities for LKCD

Facilitates the integration of LKCD (Linux Kernel Crash Dump) into the operating system by providing user space utilities that:

1. Configure and enable crash dumps by managing the LKCD kernel component 2. Retrieving dumps from the LKCD dump partition, and saves them to the local file system or a ftp server.

For complete LKCD crash dump support you will need the LKCD kernel patch ("kernel-patch-lkcd"), "dumputils" (this package), and a debugger that can be used to analyze the crash such as the "lcrash" or "crash" packages.

Tags: System Administration: Kernel or Modules, Data Recovery, Implemented in: C, User Interface: Command Line, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Security: Forensics, Purpose: Configuration