Help on kernel debugger

2004-02-23 Thread sundeep.puliccott
I need to use a kernel debugger on FreeBSD 4.8 to check if my messages to the kernel have all the info required and if Is being processed. DDB is the debugger mentioned in the handbook. Will DDB help Me debug the kernel on the target itself? All that I have read abt DDB is debugging from a

Sharing Swap space

2004-03-24 Thread sundeep.puliccott
Hi, I have a question to satisfy my curiosity. I am not sure if I can try this any time now, but was wondering if I was possible. Objective : Dual boot system (Linux and FreeBSD) sharing swap space. Since both the OSs' need swap space, would I be able to create just a

Installation : CD drive not detected

2003-11-21 Thread sundeep.puliccott
Hi all, I am trying to install the FreeBSD 4.8 Release on a i386 m/c. I have burnt the iso images onto a CD. My problem The m/c boots uncompressing the kernel and takes me thru the menu. While choosing the installation Media I get the message No CD/DVD devices found while searching on the

Location Boot Loader Config file ?

2003-11-24 Thread sundeep.puliccott
Need to know the location of the bootloader config file in the 4.8 release. thanks sundeep Confidentiality Notice The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain confidential or

RE: Compiling the kernel

2003-12-01 Thread sundeep.puliccott
I'm a newbie. I built the kernel the first time yesterday There is a new way to build the kernel documented here http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-b uilding.html It worked for me. I do not really sure what the difference is. Hope it helps -sundeep

RE: Dual-boot does not work with GRUB

2003-12-08 Thread sundeep.puliccott
Hi, I to have a multi boot system with linux and freebsd and windows. GRUB is my boot loader. I did not chain load FreeBSD. This is my menu file for GRUB default=1 timeout=10 splashimage=(hd0,4)/grub/splash.xpm.gz title Red Hat Linux 9 (2.4.20-8) root (hd0,4) kernel

RE: free bsd !!!

2003-12-09 Thread sundeep.puliccott
If u want to access FreeBSD from one of the ftp mirror sites Ftp is the best and the fastest. However u could still do it With http. The url needs to be modified ftp://anonymous:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:@ftp.freebsd.org However the downloads tend to break as the files are huge. Maybe u would have a

Newbie NFS problem

2003-12-10 Thread sundeep.puliccott
Hi, I am currently using FreeBSD 4.8 and I have a problem with NFS. FBSD-A-FBSD-G On the box FBSD-A I have set up a cvs repository I want to have box FBSD-G as the working server. I have mounted the cvs repository on FBSD-G with NFS. Problem : I checkout the repository