From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 25 17:28:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA08685 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 17:28:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phrozen.org (c61781-a.lakwod2.co.home.com [24.1.12.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA08637 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 17:27:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from geniusj@phrozen.org) Received: from localhost (geniusj@localhost) by phrozen.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA02004; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 18:26:32 -0700 Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 18:26:32 -0700 (MST) From: # rm -rf * To: Jon Bailey cc: "'faq@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: FAQ + Handbook idea? In-Reply-To: <64003B21ECCAD11185C500805F31EC030156D434@houston.matchlogic.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG maybe you should add that installing cvsup is as easy as: # pkg_add ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CVSup/cvsupit.tgz Since it has the nice FreeBSD install blue-screen interface. Would save the irc channel from some stupid questions on cvsup since I seem to repeat that command answer multiple times a day. Much easier than the nogui stuff :P On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Jon Bailey wrote: > Maybe this supercondensed "This is how to run stable" cookbook should be put > into the FAQ? > (If so, then I'd suggest that a symlink to the latest statically-linked > nogui cvsup be put at > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CVSup/cvsup.nogui-bin-current.tar.gz ...) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason J. Horton [mailto:jason@intercom.com] > Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 1998 3:42 PM > To: Jon Bailey > Subject: Re: Question on 2.2.6-RELEASE crash > > > Hi Jon, > > Thanks for the info. I could never find all the details I needed to cvs the > whole > dist, you condensed it down perfectly. -STABLE here I come > > once again, thanks very much > > -J > > Jon Bailey wrote: > > > Jason, > > I'm no guru, but I do believe it is always best to run -STABLE, it's > what > > I do. > > Grab these files: > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CVSup/cvsup.nogui-bin-15.4.2.tar.gz > > (The only thing you need is "cvsup", the actual executable) > > > > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/src/share/examples/cvsup/s > > table-supfile > > > > Then as root, run "cvsup stable-supfile" (after uncommenting the > encryption > > packages if you're in the US) (takes a long time) then cd to /usr/src and > > "make world" (takes a long time), then follow the instructions in the > > handbook to build a kernel. > > (http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook50.html) > > > > Repeat these steps every few weeks or so, and you'll have all the latest > > patches and stuff. :) > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jason J. Horton [mailto:jason@intercom.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 1998 6:30 PM > > To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: Question on 2.2.6-RELEASE crash > > > > I have a 2.2.6-RELEASE server that crashed hard(something > > I have never seen a FreeBSD box do since the early 1.X.X days) > > Nothing weird in the logs, just this on the console when the machine: > > > > Panic: vm_fault: fault on nofault entry, addr: f5673000 > > syncing disks . > > > > Searched the archives, nothing like it listed > > > > My system is a PII single board computer, NFS mounting most of its > > data from a NetBSD machine. The server is running apache, and > > a linux banner ad server. What could be causing this error? > > This error makes me abit paranoid, it went several month without a > > hitch > > then in the past month, it hung twice. Any help/advice would be much > > appreciated. > > > > Also, is it a better idea to run -STABLE tha -RELEASE??? > > > > -J > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message