Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 18:49:54 -0400 From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: "Derek C ." <coffee@blarg.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Please be nice to the newbie.... Message-ID: <20010721184954.A79758@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20010721151651.03513280@mail.blarg.net>; from coffee@blarg.net on Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 18:17:03 -0400 References: <5.1.0.14.0.20010721151651.03513280@mail.blarg.net>
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Pretty general question....Going through LINT helped me when trying to decide on which options I needed. In general, I copy GENERIC to my machine name (for example, SHUMAI), then edit SHUMAI, and remove all device drivers and options I don't need. Then, I add in other options and devices that might not be in GENERIC. Something you really should change is the maxusers option. 32 is way too small in general. For big machines, I use 256, and for more workstation type machines, I use 128. macusers doesn't affect the maximum amount of simultaneous users per se, but it does affect many resource calculations (like number of open files). Recent versions of FreeBSD >= 4.0 are really good about detecting hardware and enabling performance tweaks where appropriate (like UDMA on ATA drives). If you have specific questions as you go, let us know. Joe Clarke On 2001.07.21 18:17 Derek C. wrote: > Hello all, I am new to FreeBSD, and I am about to embark on my first > FreeBSD kernel compile. I am very familiar with the kernel build process > in > linux, but FreeBSD appears to be a very different animal in that respect. > > So, what I am asking, is there any advice that you would care to impart > to > this FreeBSD newbie (aside from RTFM, which I have done... FreeBSD's docs > > kick butt)? > > I appreciate it, > > Derek > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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