From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 18 08:02:14 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 256BB37B401 for ; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 08:02:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp800.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp800.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.168.179]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A433943F3F for ; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 08:02:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from scott@bsdprophet.org) Received: from adsl-67-39-35-214.dsl.milwwi.ameritech.net (HELO bsdprophet.org) (bsdprophet%sbcglobal.net@67.39.35.214 with plain) by smtp-sbc-v1.mail.vip.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 18 Jun 2003 15:02:13 -0000 Message-ID: <3EF07F27.3020708@bsdprophet.org> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 10:03:03 -0500 From: Scott Corey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030516 X-Accept-Language: en-us, ja, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: noname2796@yahoo.com References: <20030618144311.16765.qmail@web10501.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20030618144311.16765.qmail@web10501.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VERY stupid n00b thing to do X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 15:02:14 -0000 Right at the beginning of the /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT file: # NB: You probably don't want to try running a kernel built from this # file. Instead, you should start from GENERIC, and add options from # this file as required. LINT is not new to FreeBSD, in fact it is not in 5.x anymore! Jesse W. wrote: > Oh I didn't have a problem changing kernels once > the server was live again, I just don't have > physical access to the machine so my only problem > was waiting 2 hours for support to reboot the > machine to kernel.old > > Then I did it the correct way and just copied the > generic kernel config and only added the options > QUOTA line that I needed. > > I'd just never heard of a LINT kernel being new > to FreeBSD... if Linux has one I never noticed > it. Thing should come with a big warning label > for dummies like me :) > > Jesse > > --- clayton rollins > wrote: > >> >> >>On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 22:08:19 "Jesse Wilson" >> wrote: >> >>>Well here's my dumb newbie mistake. >>> >>>I desperately needed to compile disk quota >> >>support into my server in a >> >>>hurry so I went to the manual and read through >> >>real quick, went to the >> >>>/sys dir where the kernels are and saw two >> >>kernels, generic, the one >> >>>that was installed, and lint, the one that >> >>already had quota support >> >>>turned on. >>> >>>So I made, compiled, installed, and rebooted >> >>with the LINT kernel. >> >>>The worst part is that this server is at a >> >>colo facility and I'm hoping >> >>>that I can get the support crew there to >> >>reboot the server to kernel.old >> >>>but it's been an hour with a completely dead >> >>server and no response, and >> >>>it's 10 at night so who knows if they even >> >>have anyone there right now, >> >>>even though they say that they have 24x7 >> >>support. >> >>>If there happens to be anyone else out there, >> >>who like me, didn't know >> >>>what the LINT kernel is, it's a non working >> >>kernel that apparently has >> >>>every single option turned on or something. >>> >>>I guess that I should have googled for "lint >> >>kernel" before I tried >> >>>installing it. :-/ >>> >>>Jesse >>> >> >>chapter 9, section 6, of the handbook describes >>the steps to revert to the >>last working kernel. See it here: >> > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-trouble.html > >>Peace, >>Clayton >> >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > >>Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail >>protection with MSN 8. >>http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail >> > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- *BSD is for People who Love *nix; Linux is for People who Hate Windows