title: storing kernel core dumps locally on Mac OS X
body: <p>I've identified a hang in Mac OS X, and I'd like to intentionally panic the kernel and create a dump that I can examine with <code>gdb</code> after rebooting.</p>
  
  <p>I read <a href="http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#technotes/tn2004/tn2118.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> about how to create kernel dumps and <a href="http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#qa/qa1264/_index.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> about how to generate a non-maskable interrupt, which can force the core dump to be generated. However, the first link tells me I need a "kernel dump server" which will be connected to via the network, and I only have one machine available.</p>
  
  <p>Is there any way to force the kernel dump to be stored locally (on the panicking machine) when the system panics instead?</p>