From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 18 07:43:12 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82C2D37B404 for ; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 07:43:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web10501.mail.yahoo.com (web10501.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.130.151]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2D01343FDD for ; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 07:43:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from noname2796@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20030618144311.16765.qmail@web10501.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [66.190.246.64] by web10501.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 07:43:11 PDT Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 07:43:11 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jesse W." To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: VERY stupid n00b thing to do X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: noname2796@yahoo.com List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 14:43:12 -0000 Oh I didn't have a problem changing kernels once the server was live again, I just don't have physical access to the machine so my only problem was waiting 2 hours for support to reboot the machine to kernel.old Then I did it the correct way and just copied the generic kernel config and only added the options QUOTA line that I needed. I'd just never heard of a LINT kernel being new to FreeBSD... if Linux has one I never noticed it. Thing should come with a big warning label for dummies like me :) Jesse --- clayton rollins wrote: > > > > On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 22:08:19 "Jesse Wilson" > wrote: > > > >Well here's my dumb newbie mistake. > > > >I desperately needed to compile disk quota > support into my server in a > >hurry so I went to the manual and read through > real quick, went to the > >/sys dir where the kernels are and saw two > kernels, generic, the one > >that was installed, and lint, the one that > already had quota support > >turned on. > > > >So I made, compiled, installed, and rebooted > with the LINT kernel. > > > >The worst part is that this server is at a > colo facility and I'm hoping > >that I can get the support crew there to > reboot the server to kernel.old > >but it's been an hour with a completely dead > server and no response, and > >it's 10 at night so who knows if they even > have anyone there right now, > >even though they say that they have 24x7 > support. > > > >If there happens to be anyone else out there, > who like me, didn't know > >what the LINT kernel is, it's a non working > kernel that apparently has > >every single option turned on or something. > > > >I guess that I should have googled for "lint > kernel" before I tried > >installing it. :-/ > > > >Jesse > > > > chapter 9, section 6, of the handbook describes > the steps to revert to the > last working kernel. See it here: > http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-trouble.html > > Peace, > Clayton > > _________________________________________________________________ > Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail > protection with MSN 8. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com