From owner-freebsd-current Tue Aug 12 13:18:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA16898 for current-outgoing; Tue, 12 Aug 1997 13:18:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from veda.is (root@veda.is [193.4.230.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA16891 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 1997 13:18:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ubiq.veda.is (adam@ubiq.veda.is [193.4.230.60]) by veda.is (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA12102; Tue, 12 Aug 1997 20:18:03 GMT From: Adam David Received: (from adam@localhost) by ubiq.veda.is (8.8.7/8.8.5) id UAA00721; Tue, 12 Aug 1997 20:18:00 GMT Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 20:18:00 GMT Message-Id: <199708122018.UAA00721@ubiq.veda.is> To: taavi@uninet.ee (Taavi Talvik) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel with symbol table.. References: X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #2 (NOV) Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >I have configred kernel with "config -g BLAAH". However, >when startig up it hangs after messages: >Preserving kernel symbol table... >Real memory reported by BIOS != ... You need to strip -d the kernel before installing it. You only need the symbols for actual debug sessions, and there you would load them from the unstripped copy. Alternatively you could buy lots of memory and waste it. ;) There is a section on debugging kernels in the handbook. -- Adam David