[Crash-utility] making sense of virtualbox .sav files

[Dave Anderson]

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> Yes, unless you know another way to convert it to something crash can use.
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> Regards,
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> Scott.

Sorry, no, I don't know the first thing about the .sav file format,
nor have I ever heard of anybody attempting such a conversion.
This is the first time it's even been brought up on this list.

Dave

> On Oct 24, 2011 5:12 PM, "Dave Anderson" < anderson at redhat.com >
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> > Hello,
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> > I suspect the open source edition of vbox and the oracle non foss
> > edition use the same format for the save state files (ram and
> > device
> > info dumps). The bulk of /proc/kcore equiv is in here, with other
> > metadata. file(1) just whines this is data...
> > 
> > If you have any information leading to use of this save state data
> > with crash, please advise. I've scoured all the places I can think
> > of. For better or worse, I'm not sure I can pull this off by using
> > the ose code - it's just a bit too far above my head to know I'm
> > making a reliable export of .sav files to kcore equiv outputs.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Scott Edwards
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> VirtualBox .sav files are certainly not one of the dumpfile formats
> recognized by the crash utility, if that's what you're asking?
> 
> Dave Anderson
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