Using Special Key Sequences

This section tells how to start a system dump with special key sequences.

Start a system dump with special key sequences by doing the following:

  1. Turn your machine's mode switch to the Service position, or set Always Allow System Dump to true.
  2. Press the Ctrl-Alt 1 key sequence to write the dump information to the primary dump device, or press the Ctrl-Alt 2 key sequence to write the dump information to the secondary dump device.

You can start a system dump by this method only on the native keyboard.