“The Linux Kernel Crash Dump project is designed to meet the
needs of customers wanting a more reliable method of examining
system failures after the machine recovers. This project contains
kernel and user level code designed to:
- Save the kernel memory image when the system dies due to a
software failure; - Recover the kernel memory image when the system is
rebooted; - Analyze the memory image to determine what happened when the
failure occurred.”
[ The analyzer was released on 11-03-99 and may be
downloaded from here. lt-ed.
]