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Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!convex!convex!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!bogus.sura.net!udel!apache.dtcc.edu!apache.dtcc.edu!not-for-mail From: chuck@apache.dtcc.edu (Chuck Whealton) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Another question about swapping :-( Date: 4 Mar 1993 18:49:33 -0500 Organization: Delaware Technical & Community College Lines: 43 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1n64idINNr6f@apache.dtcc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: apache.dtcc.edu Dear 386BSD folks: Howdy! I am running plain old 386bsd-0.1 without ANY patches installed that I'm aware of. I have gotten a new Kernel from one of the sites that was listed in the XFree information in the ..applications conference and has X compiled into it because I was *HOPING* to run XFree. I currently only have 4 megs of memory but am planning on upgrading. It looks to me like there is no swapping in this kernel or I'm doing something wrong since when trying to run scheme, I'm presented with the message 'not enough memory for this configuration'. What am I doing wrong? I read about rebuilding kernels, hoping that I could simply relink a kernel such as is done in System V (I suppose I'm quite knieve). I tried the config program, I read it's man page, I read anything I could find on rebuilding kernels in 386bsd hoping I could somehow get swapping installed in it. I've come to the conclusion that I'm also missing a number of directories and other things that enable us to even rebuild a new kernel. I don't have the GENERICISA configuration file that I read about, I have none of directories such as the compile subdirectory, nothing. I do have a bunch of include.h files which I imagine are used to rebuild new kernels, but that's it besides config. Could somebody direct me to the literature or place to get a kernel with X and swapping in it? Will we always have to apply patches to get the most up to date binaries? I don't even have the source code. Does the 0.2 distribution have the facilities I *THINK* I'm missing and will a binary distribution be availabe for it anytime soon? No, I'm not complaining in the least. Aside from my small problems I really like this OS. I gave up my safe, snug, boring ISC System V to use this, but I would really like to know what I'm missing. I've never had this much trouble putting together a suitable kernel. All I want is swapping (one disk) and X in the same kernel. Thanks very much in advance for anything that may help me... Chuck chuck@apache.dtcc.edu