From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 14 11:43:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA10065 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 11:43:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA09854 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 18:43:05 GMT (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA01686; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 11:42:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 11:42:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Richard Balue cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A few questions... In-Reply-To: <35339D13.1EE3@apolloi.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Richard Balue wrote: > 1) I just wanted to know if you could tell me how to view the kernel > config file from the kernel? I don't have any source files installed, > thus my config file is missing. If you compiled the kernel with options INCLUE_CONFIG_FILE then you can extract the config file with strings /kernel | grep ^___ | sed -e 's/^___//' > MYKERNEL If you didn't, then you have to work backwards from the boot log. > 2) I am going to raise the number of maxusers in the kernel config > file and was wondering if there is a table (or general rule of thumb) > that I can use for reference that would guide me based on my Mbytes of > RAM or other specifications? Not really, but I run my workstation at 64. > 3) Is there a FAQ somewhere or from your knowledge, a performance tuning > type guide for the server? Since I am going to compile the kernel, > I might as well optimize it. LINT is a good start. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message