building good custom kernel

2005-04-21 Thread ananth_g
hi , i tried building the freebsd 5.3 kernel and it works fine, but can u people give me some tips regarding optimizing kernel during build, even saving a single cpu cycle would mean a lot. i would like to have a kernel that is really optimized. And what do you people do to fine tune the kernel?

freebsd installation problem

2005-04-21 Thread ananth_g
hi, when i try to install freebsd 5.3 im getting the following error message in disk label editor unable to make device node for /dev/ad0s2a in /dev the creation of filesystems will be aborted. help me to join you. regrds, ananth.g ___

wpjabber freebsd port

2004-07-18 Thread ananth_G
hi all, im using freebsd 5.2.1, i'd like to know if anyone of you have freebsd port of wpjabber server, or the link. i searched the net and i couldnt find one. and id like to know how to update my FreeBSD system and keep the system uptodate, and how to get the sources. I can find these things from