Re: custom kernel installation

2013-06-08 Thread Norman Khine
great, i managed to compile and install the custom kernel with IPFW kernel support as discussed, thanks for your help! i would like to optimise the kernel to be more specific to my hardware, here is a breakdown of what i have: https://gist.github.com/nkhine/fcbcbe36221dc39491f9 here is what is

custom kernel installation

2013-06-07 Thread Norman Khine
hello, i have a dedicated server from OVH and have updated freebsd to 9.1 and want to enable IPFW in the kernel as this is not enabled. the way i updated the system was to copy /boot/kernel.old to /boot/GENERIC then followed ch25

Re: custom kernel installation

2013-06-07 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 8 Jun 2013 00:37:02 +0200, Norman Khine wrote: hello, i have a dedicated server from OVH and have updated freebsd to 9.1 and want to enable IPFW in the kernel as this is not enabled. Why not use the module for this? For many years now, you do not need a custom kernel if you want to use

Re: custom kernel installation

2013-06-07 Thread Norman Khine
thanks for the quick reply On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 12:54 AM, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Sat, 8 Jun 2013 00:37:02 +0200, Norman Khine wrote: hello, i have a dedicated server from OVH and have updated freebsd to 9.1 and want to enable IPFW in the kernel as this is not enabled.

Re: custom kernel installation

2013-06-07 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 8 Jun 2013 01:17:35 +0200, Norman Khine wrote: thanks for the quick reply You're welcome. On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 12:54 AM, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Sat, 8 Jun 2013 00:37:02 +0200, Norman Khine wrote: hello, i have a dedicated server from OVH and have updated