Configuring KDump on rhel5 yum install kexec-tools Adding Boot Parameters Edit file /etc/grub.

config find kernal line and add the following crashkernel=128M@16M Specifying Kdump Location Edit file /etc/kdump.conf ext3 /dev/sda4 ---- (Partition on which your crash folder is mounted) path /var/crash ----( Crash folder location) Size of partition of /var/crash should be equal to or greater than the size of R AM starting the service chkconfig kdump on service kdump start Testing echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq echo "c" > /proc/sysrq-trigger This will crash the existing kernel and captures dump in specified location.