Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 16:09:58 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Peter Terpstra <peter@k6.xs4all.nl> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernelpath & arplookup. Message-ID: <3F998716.3040300@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0310242110150.2157@k6.xs4all.nl> References: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0310242110150.2157@k6.xs4all.nl>
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[I'm moving this to questions@freebsd.org, because that is the correct list for this type of question] Peter Terpstra wrote: > Dear readers, > > A few weeks ago I installed FreeBSD an I liked it very much, its easier than > Linux I think. No problems with installing/configuring X or ssh or Postfix. > > My questions: > I compiled a new (lighter) kernel and it works great but I found the path > mentioned in dmesg or `uname -v' a bit strange, its the place of compile: > > peter@k7:~:0>uname -v > FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE #0: Fri Oct 24 01:12:56 CEST 2003 > root@k7.localdomain:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/MYKERNEL-K6 > > Does that mean I cannot remove the old kernel-source? No. > I did a `configure MYKERNEL-K6;make depend;make; make install' just as > mentioned in the on-line FreeBSD handbook. > Why isn't the path something with /boot/kernel? Because it's the path of your kernel config file. The actual, compiled kernel is always in /boot/kernel, so it's not really mentioned. > arp: > Frequently I get this message on the first console: > arplookup 213.84.240.105 failed: host is not on local network This means your network is configured strangely, although a lot of ISPs seem to think this is the way to do it. > I searched the inter-net, but I did not found a satisfying answer. > 213.84.240.105 is hanging on the inter-net, an FreeBSD has a local IP-adres. > So why this arplookup? What causes this lookup? You have computers on your hub that have a network number that doesn't jive with the IP/netmask you've assigned to the network card. If you don't care, you can ignore the messages. All it means is that ARP was not able to turn the IP address into a MAC address. I believe there is a way to disable these messages, but I don't remember for sure. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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