[Lvlug] Oops

[User Fwc]

Had a little problem last Sunday, as in kernel panic at boot after a 
recompile - I yanked something out of the kernel configuration file I 
shouldn't have (hate it when I do stoopid stuff...). This is on a FreeBSD 
6.4 release distro.

Got back to the machine today. What I noticed was the panic occured in the 
same place every time. Squawked something about unable to allocate vm and 
promptly quit. Tried it three times, finally decided my hardware wasn't 
going dodgy on me.

Stuck in the install DVD, selected 'fixit', copied the original kernel 
from the 'kernel.old' directory to the boot directory after mounting the 
hard disk. Did the reboot and the machine came up.

Copied the generic configuration over my custom configuration file, and 
did a couple of recompiles and install (that'll stress it...), no problems 
noted now. Had to do two recompiles because I forgot to insert the line 
for multiprocessors.

Guess the biggest moral here is -

Always keep a good kernel handy. Never know when you'll need it.

Always have a good backup. I did, but didn't need it.

Me Happy - Chivas Time  :-)