On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 17:39:59 -0500, Narins, Josh composed: > > I've can't help playing with my kernel, especially when I realize I _need_ > UMSDOS support and I didn't compile it. > > Wow! > > I've been fiddling for a long time without making this mistake... > > > dpkg -i new-kernel.deb > > modprobe <something> > > What a crash! > > It said I had 180 seconds to write down what it showed before it rebooted. I > didn't write anything. I guess I was not thinking entirely straight. > > I think it said something like it was reaching for unallocated memory > > If I do "the idiot" again, would anyone be interested in having me write > down the stuff inside 180 seconds? > > thx
btw, you can set your default timeout on a kernel oops higher or lower than 180 - in /etc/sysctl.conf: kernel/panic=NN and pass sysctl -w kernel.panic=NN to the kernel. man sysctl and man sysctl.conf for more info. eric aka simonrvn [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are. ------------------------------------------------------------------- ,''`. http://www.debian.org/ | http://www.nuit.ca/ : :' : Debian GNU/Linux | http://simonraven.nuit.ca/ `. `' | PGP key ID: 6169 BE0C 0891 A038 `- |
