From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 6 2:36:41 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from siafu.iconnect.co.ke (upagraha.iconnect.co.ke [209.198.248.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83EC437B401 for ; Tue, 6 Feb 2001 02:36:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from [64.110.74.50] (helo=poeza.iconnect.co.ke) by siafu.iconnect.co.ke with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 14Q5SI-000Aju-00; Tue, 6 Feb 2001 13:34:39 +0300 Received: from wash by poeza.iconnect.co.ke with local (Exim 3.20 #1) id 14Q5UV-000BzY-00; Tue, 06 Feb 2001 13:36:55 +0300 Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 13:36:55 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: chenjun@hefei.cngb.com Subject: Re: some questions Message-ID: <20010206133655.D44931@poeza.iconnect.co.ke> Mail-Followup-To: Odhiambo Washington , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, chenjun@hefei.cngb.com References: <3A7FC77E.714454B9@hefei.cngb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3A7FC77E.714454B9@hefei.cngb.com>; from "jun chen" on Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 05:44:31PM +0800 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD poeza.iconnect.co.ke 4.2-STABLE FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE X-Location: Mombasa, KE, East Africa Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * jun chen [20010206 12:47]: writing on the subject 'some questions' jun> Hi,Administrator: jun> jun> We'r compiling the kernel of the FreeBSD 4.2 releases,steps like jun> this: jun> 1.copy /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT to mykernel That is one 'really bold' step. I doubt whether LINT would compile and even if it does it is NOT RECOMMENDED!! cp /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC mykernel jun> jun> 2.edit and modify some parameters in the file of mykernel,such as: jun> jun> maxusers 256 jun> options "MAXMEM=(512*1024)" jun> options "MAXDSIZ=(512*1024*1024)" jun> options "DFLDSIZ=(512*1024*1024)" jun> options NMBCLUSTERS=4096 Depends on what you wanna do jun> jun> 3.then compile successfully and replace new kernel to the kernel file in jun> the root directory. It should be automatic - just reboot the new kernel after a successful recompile. jun> jun> We think it's ok,when it is rebooted,the server can't load the new jun> kernel and reboot again. jun> jun> jun> Why it is,we need your answers. I have given you the answers. Make these changes in myekernel, derived from GENERIC and try building this. At the moment I hope you can boot kernel.old -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington Inter-Connect Ltd., wash@iconnect.co.ke 5th Flr Furaha Plaza Tel: 254 11 222604 Nkrumah Rd., Fax: 254 11 222636 PO Box 83613 MOMBASA, KE. Why isn't there some cheap and easy way to prove how much she means to me? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message