Index: tests/fullrun/megatest.config
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--- tests/fullrun/megatest.config
+++ tests/fullrun/megatest.config
@@ -22,15 +22,17 @@
 [tests-paths]
 1 #{get misc parent}/simplerun/tests
 
 [setup]
 
-# put monitor.db in MT_RUN_AREA_HOME/db
+# turn off faststart, put monitor.db in MT_RUN_AREA_HOME/db
+# and set the dbdir to /var/tmp/$USER/mt_db to enable keeping
+# the raw db in /var/tmp/$USER
+#
+faststart  no
 monitordir #{getenv MT_RUN_AREA_HOME}/db
-
-# set the dbdir to /var/tmp/$USER/mt_db, default is linktree
-dbdir /var/tmp/#{getenv USER}/mt_db
+dbdir      /var/tmp/#{getenv USER}/mt_db
 
 # Set launchwait to no to use the more agressive code that does not wait for the launch to complete before proceeding
 # this may save a few milliseconds on launching tests
 # launchwait no
 waivercommentpatt ^WW\d+ [a-z].*