# Why is it always in "Bootstrapping" state? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [November 25, 2024, 10:47am UTC](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/why-is-it-always-in-bootstrapping-state/4016 "2024-11-25T10:47:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dorian\_yugabyte](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.yugabyte.com/dorian_yugabyte/32/206_2.png) [@dorian\_yugabyte](https://forum.yugabyte.com/u/dorian_yugabyte)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/why-is-it-always-in-bootstrapping-state/4016/23 "2024-12-02T14:08:04Z")
Seems like coredumpctl is used when running under systemd [coredumpctl](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/coredumpctl.html) But you haven’t run with it, correct? What does `coredumpctl list` output? Usually the location of the core dumps depends on the OS. ---
**Author:** ![XIAOLI](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.yugabyte.com/xiaoli/32/851_2.png) [@XIAOLI](https://forum.yugabyte.com/u/XIAOLI)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/why-is-it-always-in-bootstrapping-state/4016/24 "2024-12-02T14:32:03Z")
> [@dorian\_yugabyte](#): > > coredumpctl list ![Screenshot 2024-12-02 at 21.31.39](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/yugabyte/original/1X/1dfc13e524afdad358e26c2041e7b7d7fecf3c9a.png) ---
**Author:** ![dorian\_yugabyte](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.yugabyte.com/dorian_yugabyte/32/206_2.png) [@dorian\_yugabyte](https://forum.yugabyte.com/u/dorian_yugabyte)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/why-is-it-always-in-bootstrapping-state/4016/25 "2024-12-03T16:33:48Z")
What about `ls /var/crash` ? [Previous page](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/why-is-it-always-in-bootstrapping-state/4016.md?page=1)