worked for me.
Thanks
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Dave Anderson <anderson(a)redhat.com> wrote:
SUJIT V wrote:
>
>
> I am trying to invoke the crash utility through one of the linux startup
> scripts.
> crash -i command.txt vmlinux vmcore
>
> But this gives an error
> /dev/tty no such device or address.
>
> The tty is /dev/console
>
>
> Once the linux box boots up and i login and use the same crash command as
> above it works correctly
> The tty of the login shell is /dev/ttyS0
>
> Any pointers on solving the error "/dev/tty no such device or address"
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
I see what you're seeing running from /etc/rc.local,
where there's no /dev/tty file available to commands
run from startup scripts.
Try this -- which works for me:
crash vmlinux vmcore < command.txt
Dave