From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 8 11:46:29 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from relay3-gui.server.ntli.net (relay3-gui.server.ntli.net [194.168.4.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E60AC37B418 for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2001 11:46:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from pc3-card3-0-cust122.cdf.cable.ntl.com ([62.254.251.122] helo=rhadamanth.private.submonkey.net ident=exim) by relay3-gui.server.ntli.net with esmtp (Exim 3.03 #2) id 161v7p-0006tv-01; Thu, 08 Nov 2001 19:46:10 +0000 Received: from setantae by rhadamanth.private.submonkey.net with local (Exim 3.33 #1) id 161v5L-000Cst-00; Thu, 08 Nov 2001 19:43:35 +0000 Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 19:43:35 +0000 From: setantae To: Anthony Atkielski Cc: m p , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Multi-processor Support Message-ID: <20011108194335.GA49444@rhadamanth> Mail-Followup-To: setantae , Anthony Atkielski , m p , FreeBSD Questions References: <20011108105102.55942.qmail@web13308.mail.yahoo.com> <008c01c1688c$946e6ee0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <008c01c1688c$946e6ee0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 08:35:47PM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > m p writes: > > > What is your experience with FreeBSD? > > Beginner? Ok. > > All kernels are the same in this respect. That's why they are called kernels. > Mess up the kernel, and the system won't run, by definition. But it is safe to say that you are a beginner with FreeBSD, no ? > > > Have you recompiled your kernel yet? > > Yes, I recompiled it this afternoon in order to disable Ctrl-Alt-Del. Were you scared ? Recompiling the kernel is really nothing to be worried about. I honestly don't see it a bigger problem than installing a port. > > Do you know _why_ most of the FreeBSD people > > use customized kernels? > > Because much of what they want to do apparently cannot be enabled by simple > configuration switches at run-time (such as the change I desired above). Like installing hardware ? If there's a way to disable ctrl-alt-delete with recompiling the kernel, then you'd probably find that there was a way to turn it back on... > > Why do you speak up about a topic in an OS you > > don't know much about? > > I know quite a bit about operating systems. But you don't know all that much about FreeBSD, which was the question. > > _Where_ is the problem? > > You know it when you see it, usually when you have to jump out of bed and rush > down to the computer center at 3 AM. Been there, done that, no desire to do it > again. If you recompile kernels from your bed then yes, you are probably asking for trouble. > > This is considered a normal and not risky task > > with FreeBSD. > > If it is just changing a configuration option, the risk probably isn't too > great. But sometimes you don't really know until the system crashes. And, > sorry, but FreeBSD is not magically immune to this; no operating system is. ...and recompiling your kernel doesn't make it any less immune. Ceri -- keep a mild groove on To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message