From owner-freebsd-questions  Mon Apr  3  3:21:20 2000
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mail-2.sjc.telocity.net (mail-2.sjc.telocity.net [216.227.56.42])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE92A37BD75
	for <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG>; Mon,  3 Apr 2000 03:21:10 -0700 (PDT)
	(envelope-from otter@otter.cc)
Received: from otter.cc (dsl-216-227-91-85.telocity.com [216.227.91.85])
	by mail-2.sjc.telocity.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id DAA15829;
	Mon, 3 Apr 2000 03:20:29 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <38E870F9.B4A75A59@otter.cc>
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 06:22:49 -0400
From: Otter <otter@otter.cc>
X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386)
X-Accept-Language: en
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: Greg Quinlan <gwq_uk@yahoo.com>
Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Startup Configuration Info
References: <20000403090709.6347.qmail@web1406.mail.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Precedence: bulk
X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG

Greg Quinlan wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I know this sounds like a simple question, but how can
> I display the kernel startup configuration (ie. what
> devices have been configured in a custom kernel)
> 
> If:
> 
> 1. I have lost the original custom kernel
> configuration file.

Why do you need it? Building custom kernels require a reboot. (see your
#3)

> 2. Can not use 'dmesg' (as it is full of arp errors,
> and nothing else)

try /var/run/dmesg.boot it should be the same as the info reported by
dmesg output at boot time

> 3. Can not restart the machine to write down any of
> the info'! (as it is a crucial network gateway)
> 
> Also how can I switch off errors such as:
> 
> arp: 195.105.x.x is on xl0 but got reply from
> 00:a0:24:4d:2d:95 on xl
> 
> (Someone has shifted a PC to another subnet, but not
> changed its' IP address. I am being bombarded with
> errors on the console (and in the output for 'dmesg'),
> but can not locate the PC.)
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Greg
> 
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger.
> http://im.yahoo.com
> 
> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message


To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message