From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 9 21:14:15 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7247616A4CE for ; Wed, 9 Jun 2004 21:14:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6517343D2F for ; Wed, 9 Jun 2004 21:14:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 77A3772DF6; Wed, 9 Jun 2004 14:13:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7565472DB5; Wed, 9 Jun 2004 14:13:58 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 14:13:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Haim Ashkenazi In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20040609141324.R41595@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newbie question about compiling kernel on compaq proliant 6400R X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 21:14:15 -0000 On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Haim Ashkenazi wrote: > Hi > > I have compaq proliant 6400R dual xeon that I just installed with freebsd > 4.10 (my first freebsd, although I have a lot of experience in linux). I > tried to compile an SMP kernel (uncommented the two smp options and > commented the i386 and i486 cpu). the installation went well but it > doesn't boot. it hangs as soon as it start to boot (I'm not near the > computer so I can't tell where did it hang, my friend who was there > couldn't make something out of it, he only said that it hang after 2 or 3 > lines, also I couldn't find anything in /var/log/messages). I was > wondering if the GENERIC file is the one that the default kernel is > compiled from. any ideas? We'll need to see the output. Follow the instructions in the Handbook for setting up a serial console and use that to capture the output. > also, I need some advise about firewall. I need a basic firewall (just to > protect this machine, the network is already behind firewall). do I need > to compile kernel IPFIREWALL support? At the minumum, yes. I believe the Handbook has a section on this as well. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org