From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 19 19:49:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA27499 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 19 Sep 1997 19:49:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lists.dcro.dla.mil ([33.19.104.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA27494 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 1997 19:49:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from PraiseGod.ix.netcom.com (col-oh20-19.ix.netcom.com [207.220.130.115]) by lists.dcro.dla.mil (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA11463 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 1997 22:30:18 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199709200230.WAA11463@lists.dcro.dla.mil> From: "Michael P. Deslippe" To: Subject: Kernel: Variables Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 22:49:10 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1008.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE Engine V4.71.1008.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I am assembling my first kernel (and it's running after two false starts - yay!). While selecting my options, I was referring to a book I received when I first ordered this as 2.1.5 called "Running and Installing FreeBSD" It was kindly provided with mmy first CD-ROMs from Walnut Creek. I am now running 2.2.2 and there are differences not covered in the book. I did a WEB search on the FreeBSD page, but also got nothing useful. The Questions: What is option "failsafe" (What's it for and how to establish it).? How do I select and/or configure options userconfig and visual_userconfig? Next, I just threw a 2.5 Gb Hard Drive in, so when I loaded FreeBSD - I just picked ALL and let her rip. Default partitions, sizes, etc. Unfortunately, I have now run out of room. Is there a way to enlarge /, /var, /proc, shrinking /usr to make up the difference on a live system? or do I have to repartition, format and begin again? p.s. What's the danger of running / at 101% capacity (according to DF) Finally (and you can write privately since it's not FreeBSD related. Why when I look at computer adds, things called "servers" are 2-6 times the price of non-server computers with the same processor, memory, harddisk etc. >From the ads, you'd think they were the same, but the server could be $12,000 to $25,000 for a 300MHz PentiumPro, 128Mb Ram, 9Gb SCSI, CD, Audio - while a competing desktop machine is $4,000 - $6,000 - what's the diff? ---Mike