From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Aug 16 15:43:47 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [198.78.58.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 617ED154DE for ; Mon, 16 Aug 1999 15:43:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: (from fullermd@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA05060; Mon, 16 Aug 1999 17:43:45 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 17:43:44 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: up@3.am Cc: Alejandro Ramirez , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: console redirection and other kernel options Message-ID: <19990816174344.T2750@futuresouth.com> References: <00c601bee830$c01309e0$fca3f9cf@megared.net.mx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: ; from up@3.am on Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 06:25:18PM -0400 X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 06:25:18PM -0400, a little birdie told me that up@3.am remarked > > Thanks...no, I was building a modified GENERIC. The problem seems to be > with "make depend". the config program tells you to run it, but if you > do, you get the bloated kernel. I skipped it, and now the kernel's down > to a relatively svelt 1.7MB. > > So much for following directions! :-/ Make depend doesn't (shouldn't) affect the size of the kernel. It sounds like you installed a unstripped debugging kernel. This is on my -CURRENT system: -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2072194 Aug 9 19:23 /kernel* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 7780317 Aug 9 19:23 /kernel.debug* -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ FutureSouth Communications | ISPHelp ISP Consulting "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message