newbie question about compiling kernel on compaq proliant 6400R

[Doug White]

On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Haim Ashkenazi wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have compaq proliant 6400R dual xeon that I just installed with freebsd
> 4.10 (my first freebsd, although I have a lot of experience in linux). I
> tried to compile an SMP kernel (uncommented the two smp options and
> commented the i386 and i486 cpu). the installation went well but it
> doesn't boot. it hangs as soon as it start to boot (I'm not near the
> computer so I can't tell where did it hang, my friend who was there
> couldn't make something out of it, he only said that it hang after 2 or 3
> lines, also I couldn't find anything in /var/log/messages). I was
> wondering if the GENERIC file is the one that the default kernel is
> compiled from. any ideas?

We'll need to see the output. Follow the instructions in the Handbook for
setting up a serial console and use that to capture the output.

> also, I need some advise about firewall. I need a basic firewall (just to
> protect this machine, the network is already behind firewall). do I need
> to compile kernel IPFIREWALL support?

At the minumum, yes. I believe the Handbook has a section on this as well.

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