newbie question about compiling kernel on compaq proliant 6400R

Haim Ashkenazi haim at babysnakes.org
Wed Jun 9 22:56:25 GMT 2004


On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 14:13:58 -0700, Doug White wrote:

> 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.
that's a good idea. I'll do it.

> 
>> 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.

thanx
-- 
Haim




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