From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 17 03:28:39 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FD55106566B for ; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:28:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (ns1.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24E348FC14 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:28:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id nAH3STXi029577; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:28:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:28:33 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:28:33 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Glen Barber Message-ID: <20091117032833.GA16284@thought.org> References: <20091116225850.GA15661@thought.org> <4ad871310911161657y2d9bcf53k176548bdd7bfa825@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <4ad871310911161657y2d9bcf53k176548bdd7bfa825@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 23 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: panic? i386 on dell duo X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:28:39 -0000 On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 07:57:19PM -0500, Glen Barber wrote: > Hi > > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > > > >        something panicked my dell.  more than twice.  i have loaded, the > >        i386 7.2-R Dvd.  the panic was something like > > > >        PHY#1 > >        panic[y/n]y > > Do you have a crash report in /var/crash ? > no, nada. i didnt know about /var/crash until now, thanks for the datapoint. it is empty. > > > >        then something about cpu 0 being involved. > > > >        i have the 8.0 rc3 bootonly.iso cd.  should i try that?  or did > >        dell ship me a bad computer? > > > > I'll keep my opinions to myself... > well, i'd laugh, glen, but i hurt my back twisting over to my right [[ with my left hand]] to use the dell keybd. yes, why would any body do anybody else a bad deed. here is more complete version of the events of the day. my network bud down in dallas is helping me get the dell as my new server. my old hp kayak is from 1998 and on its death-bed. okay: i have 7.2-R, i386. installs fine. jon horne changed the IP that the op sys | DHCP suite chose from 10.47.0.112 to 10.47.0.230. i do not know why, but he change the ifconfig line in /etc/rc.conf from ="DHCP" to ="inet 10.47.0.230 netmask 10.0.0.255" or something similar. jon says that the IP can't or shouldn't be D=Dynamic but stable. surely this is right. ---in my old config prior to jan 2008 or dec 2007 i had every local IP tied down in a file in /usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf [or similar]. it worked flawlessly. now i am using pfSense and i *think* there is a config file in there that makes local IP's stable. anybody know if i'm right? anyway, after my dell was reset to 0.230 from 0.112, things began to fail. i do not know very much about networking or dhcp; just enough to know that if something works, that is a Good sigh! i need to move over my /etc/namedb/* files; i need to set up mail-- dovecot[?]; and lastly, apache22. i've got the files, just don't know how-to make the switch from my 1998 server to my 2009 computer. thanks to all who have read this far. ideas, suggestions very welcome. a severe wind storm tonight may take down my network any time. sooner is better, :-) gary > >        ideas? > > > >        gary > > > > > > > > > > -- > Glen Barber -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php