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Date:      Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:47:27 -0500
From:      Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca>
To:        Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "Vasadi I. Claudiu Florin" <claudiu.vasadi@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: kernel #4
Message-ID:  <49A994CF.90201@ibctech.ca>
In-Reply-To: <ade45ae90902281143u474179b9l9868840d35133c1f@mail.gmail.com>
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Tim Judd wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca> wrote:
> 
>> Vasadi I. Claudiu Florin wrote:
>>> Hello guyz,
>>>
>>> Here's a short question (was unable to find a google)
>>>
>>> uname states my kernes as being: Freebsd-7.1-STABLE #4
>>>
>>> What exactly is that "#4" mean ?
>>>
>>> Recompiled it 20 min. ago, so I figure it has something to do with
>>> maybe, I don't know, some sub-version of the sources ?
>> No. It means that this is the fourth time that you've recompiled the
>> kernel (IIRC).
>>

> Actually this is the 5th time --- computers start counting at zero.

Wow, what a nice technicality you have found!

If "computers start counting at zero", and if the system-installed
kernel starts at zero, how many times has the user taken the bus?

;)

Steve



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