I wrote:
>Paul,
>     Are you using AUTORESTART and, if so, are you doing an RS after
>the SHUTDOWN and prior to trying to perform the memory dump???
 
To which he replied:
 
>
>The answer is NO on both counts.   If we take the RS path we dump 16MB of
>memory with no problem, going the TC more than 95MB are 'assembled' for
>dumping before the system abort occurs.  I assume the TC path is preferred.
 
To clarify this a little, SA1050's can result if you have AUTORESTART
and:
 
         1. You power the system off and on
or
         2. You do an RS instead of a TC at the "CM>" prompt
 
AND      3. You DO NOT interrupt the AUTOBOOT process to skip the
            performance of a memory dump.
 
The failure results from an attempt to dump memory, which is not in
a valid "dumpable" state.
 
                             --Pete Crosby
 
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