Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:56:15 +0100 From: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, darryl@osborne-ind.com Subject: Re: Next steps Message-ID: <200801292256.15410.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <280BA17A99C240008BF4BCA105AA5F76@Europa> References: <280BA17A99C240008BF4BCA105AA5F76@Europa>
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On Tuesday 29 January 2008 15:41:35 Darryl Hoar wrote: > I have just installed 6.3-Release on brand new hardware. > In the past, I have not done much to a machine after > initial installation. What should be done to a machine > after successful installation of 6.3-release ? Do I need > to compile a custom kernel ? Do I need to apply any > patches ? The next thing would be to decide what ya gonna do with it. Then all of the above may or may not be necessary. Example: - Traffic shaping with pf/altq needs custom kernel -> altq(4) If you play games or use other apps that make processes grow beyond 512MB, you also need to set kern.defdsiz and kern.maxdsiz in /boot/loader.conf to a more desirable value (if you can spare the physical ram). There's also freebsd-update, which will apply binary patches, following the security advisories. -- Mel
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