Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 19:43:35 +0000 From: setantae <setantae@submonkey.net> To: Anthony Atkielski <anthony@atkielski.com> Cc: m p <sumirati@yahoo.de>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Multi-processor Support Message-ID: <20011108194335.GA49444@rhadamanth> In-Reply-To: <008c01c1688c$946e6ee0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <20011108105102.55942.qmail@web13308.mail.yahoo.com> <008c01c1688c$946e6ee0$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 08:35:47PM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > m p writes: > > > What is your experience with FreeBSD? > > Beginner? Ok. > > All kernels are the same in this respect. That's why they are called kernels. > Mess up the kernel, and the system won't run, by definition. But it is safe to say that you are a beginner with FreeBSD, no ? > > > Have you recompiled your kernel yet? > > Yes, I recompiled it this afternoon in order to disable Ctrl-Alt-Del. Were you scared ? Recompiling the kernel is really nothing to be worried about. I honestly don't see it a bigger problem than installing a port. > > Do you know _why_ most of the FreeBSD people > > use customized kernels? > > Because much of what they want to do apparently cannot be enabled by simple > configuration switches at run-time (such as the change I desired above). Like installing hardware ? If there's a way to disable ctrl-alt-delete with recompiling the kernel, then you'd probably find that there was a way to turn it back on... > > Why do you speak up about a topic in an OS you > > don't know much about? > > I know quite a bit about operating systems. But you don't know all that much about FreeBSD, which was the question. > > _Where_ is the problem? > > You know it when you see it, usually when you have to jump out of bed and rush > down to the computer center at 3 AM. Been there, done that, no desire to do it > again. If you recompile kernels from your bed then yes, you are probably asking for trouble. > > This is considered a normal and not risky task > > with FreeBSD. > > If it is just changing a configuration option, the risk probably isn't too > great. But sometimes you don't really know until the system crashes. And, > sorry, but FreeBSD is not magically immune to this; no operating system is. ...and recompiling your kernel doesn't make it any less immune. Ceri -- keep a mild groove on To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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