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From: Jon Bailey <jonb@matchlogic.com>
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Subject: FAQ + Handbook idea?
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 15:49:51 -0700
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Maybe this supercondensed "This is how to run stable" cookbook should be put
into the FAQ?
(If so, then I'd suggest that a symlink to the latest statically-linked
nogui cvsup be put at
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CVSup/cvsup.nogui-bin-current.tar.gz ...)

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason J. Horton [mailto:jason@intercom.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 1998 3:42 PM
To: Jon Bailey
Subject: Re: Question on 2.2.6-RELEASE crash


Hi Jon,

Thanks for the info. I could never find all the details I needed to cvs the
whole
dist, you condensed it down perfectly. -STABLE here I come

once again, thanks very much

    -J

Jon Bailey wrote:

> Jason,
>   I'm no guru, but I do believe it is always best to run -STABLE, it's
what
> I do.
> Grab these files:
>   ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CVSup/cvsup.nogui-bin-15.4.2.tar.gz
>    (The only thing you need is "cvsup", the actual executable)
>
>
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/src/share/examples/cvsup/s
> table-supfile
>
> Then as root, run "cvsup stable-supfile" (after uncommenting the
encryption
> packages if you're in the US) (takes a long time) then cd to /usr/src and
> "make world" (takes a long time), then follow the instructions in the
> handbook to build a kernel.
> (http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook50.html)
>
> Repeat these steps every few weeks or so, and you'll have all the latest
> patches and stuff. :)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason J. Horton [mailto:jason@intercom.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 1998 6:30 PM
> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Question on 2.2.6-RELEASE crash
>
>  I have a 2.2.6-RELEASE server that crashed hard(something
>  I have never seen a FreeBSD box do since the early 1.X.X days)
>  Nothing weird in the logs, just this on the console when the machine:
>
>  Panic: vm_fault: fault on nofault entry, addr: f5673000
>  syncing disks .
>
>  Searched the archives, nothing like it listed
>
>  My system is a PII single board computer, NFS mounting most of its
>  data from a NetBSD machine. The server is running apache, and
>  a linux banner ad server. What could be causing this error?
>  This error makes me abit paranoid, it went several month without a
> hitch
>   then in the past month, it hung twice. Any help/advice would be much
>  appreciated.
>
>  Also, is it a better idea to run -STABLE tha -RELEASE???
>
>      -J
>
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