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Date:      Mon, 25 Nov 1996 21:14:37 +0100 (MET)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers)
Cc:        kjk1@ukc.ac.uk (K.J.Koster)
Subject:   Re: A simple way to crash your system.
Message-ID:  <199611252014.VAA18142@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SV4.3.95.961125131025.5534A-100000@kestrel.ukc.ac.uk> from "K.J.Koster" at "Nov 25, 96 01:19:17 pm"

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As K.J.Koster wrote:

> Altough I am speculating here, I think this has to do with the fact that
> I do not have msdosfs compiled in with the kernel. After installing a
> different kernel, I asked the system to modload msdosfs, with the above
> result.

Running a kernel with the wrong LKMs is known to cause you grey hairs.
I'm often falling into this trap, but the other way around: by
rebooting a new kernel without rebuilding and reinstalling the LKMs
first.

It's simply a ``Don't do this.''

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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