# Getting a system core dump
-[[!toc levels=3 ]]� A full system core dump (also called post-mortem dump) is sometimes needed to track down a bug in the DragonFlyBSD kernel.
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+A full system core dump (also called post-mortem dump) is sometimes needed to track down a bug in the DragonFlyBSD kernel.
Please note: A full core dump is obtained by triggering a kernel panic. Like when pulling the power plug from the wall socket, unsaved data will be lost, recently saved data might be lost, and filesystems mounted async might be destroyed.
During the following startup the core dump will be automatically saved to `/var/crash`.
+# Getting a coredump on a remote machine
+Set debug.debugger_on_panic to 0 or configure your kernel with options DDB_UNATTENDED.
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# Useful hints
* You can have the settings described above take effect without rebooting using the following commands: