From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Jul 21 14:24:20 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from moya.lambermont.dyndns.org (e165253.upc-e.chello.nl [213.93.165.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5938137B401 for ; Sat, 21 Jul 2001 14:24:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hans@lambermont.dyndns.org) Received: by moya.lambermont.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id CD6183642D; Sat, 21 Jul 2001 23:24:08 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 23:24:08 +0200 To: "Derek C." Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Please be nice to the newbie.... Message-ID: <20010721232408.B56973@moya.lambermont.dyndns.org> References: <20010721111339.B75328-100000@coredump.scriptkiddie.org> <20010721182504.L857-100000@nomad.consult-meyers.com> <20010721111339.B75328-100000@coredump.scriptkiddie.org> <20010721135510Y.jkh@freebsd.org> <5.1.0.14.0.20010721140325.03534e40@mail.blarg.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20010721140325.03534e40@mail.blarg.net>; from coffee@blarg.net on Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 02:07:46PM -0700 From: hans@lambermont.dyndns.org (H) Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Derek C. wrote: > So, what I am asking, is there any advice that you would care to > impart to this FreeBSD newbie (aside from RTFM, which I have done... > FreeBSD's docs Just follow (yes, it is part of the FM :) http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/kernelconfig-building.html Perhaps nice is to familiarize yourself with booting another kernel than /kernel (during the kernel install the old /kernel will be renamed to /kernel.old) so that in case of a failing new kernel you know how to revert to the old one. Or did you want advice on what to modify/tune to the kernel config itself ? Hans Lambermont -- http://lambermont.webhop.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message