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Date:      Tue, 29 Apr 1997 09:45:04 +0200
From:      j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: A Desparate Plea for Help...
Message-ID:  <19970429094504.AZ13300@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.970428212110.Shimon@i-Connect.Net>; from Simon Shapiro on Apr 28, 1997 20:33:46 -0700
References:  <3364E6BB.41C67EA6@whistle.com> <XFMail.970428212110.Shimon@i-Connect.Net>

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As Simon Shapiro wrote:

> > cp kernel kernel.debug
> > strip -d kernel
> 
> Are the two above in / or in /usr/src/sys/compile/WHATEVER?

Remember, there's also always the handbook. :-)

You want to strip -d the kernel you're going to boot, in order to not
load all the debugging symbols into memory.  You don't wanna strip the
kernel on the machine where the remote gdb is running.  (Yes, you need
a different machine for this, but all it needs is the kernel
compilation tree for your victim, ~ 20 MB.)

> > 2/ you must remember to make sure the system has sert gdb to be the
> > kernel debugger.
> > (there may be a compile time option for this.. I forget)
> 
> Could not find that, other than the -g at boot time.

RTFHandbook. :)  When in doubt, boot with -d, then type `gdb' and `s'
at the db> prompt.

> ay suggestion on what are the best settings for com4?  I need a mouse, a
> serial
> port for modem and a serial port for ISDN.  Can I configure everything to
> use
> com4 instead of com1?  Will make it simpler here.

Everything except the console.  But you need distinct IRQs for the
ports, or a multiport card with shared interrupts.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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