From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 2 09:42:36 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id JAA17589 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 2 Dec 1995 09:42:36 -0800 Received: from panix.com (panix.com [198.7.0.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id JAA17576 for ; Sat, 2 Dec 1995 09:42:25 -0800 Received: (from jbarrm@localhost) by panix.com (8.7/8.7/PanixU1.3) id MAA29663; Sat, 2 Dec 1995 12:42:23 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 12:42:22 -0500 (EST) From: Barry Masterson To: "freebsd.questions" Subject: Kernel config; MFS, tun or ijppp Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I'm in the final stages of recompiling the 2.1.0 distribution kernel. I've noticed that there are two similar files; BOOTMFS & GENERIC. They seem identical except for two lines added to the BOOTMFS file; options "MFS_ROOT=1000" options MFS I've read that MFS is used to manage large swap partitions. I have a 64meg swap partition, 8meg of ram. I plan to run Xwindows soon, as well as any of the web browsers I can install. Is MFS something I should consider? Also, in the config file, there are references to 'tun' & 'ijppp'. Two of the lines were hashed out in the distribution package. Can I leave it as it is, recompile & expect my ppp connection to work? Is ijppp a newer & better version of tun? I have a static ip address from my dial-up service provider and hope to run mosaic, netscape, chimera (atleast one - whatever is easy to install). pseudo-device loop pseudo-device ether pseudo-device log pseudo-device sl 1 # ijppp uses tun instead of ppp device #pseudo-device ppp 1 pseudo-device tun 1 pseudo-device gzip # Exec gzipped a.out's options "MFS_ROOT=1000" options MFS Thanks, Barry Masterson jbarrm@panix.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - FreeBSD 2.1.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - -