How can I configure diskdump to automatically reboot the system upon completion of a diskdump (stage 1)?

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By default, when the diskdump completes, it displays the message "Halt" and remains in the state that it is in. To enable automatic reboot put a positive value into /proc/sys/kernel/panic for the sysctl variable kernel.panic. This will reboot the system after the given number of seconds(the positive value) when diskdump is complete.

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