Subject: / procfs help!
To: None <port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Matt Hickey <mhickey@reed.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 05/27/1997 20:16:44
I am using NetBSD 1.2  I plan to go ahead and download the 1.2.1 dist, but
I am curious about how to install it over what I currently have.  I have
customized stuff and added users and such to the point where I would not
like to start over...

thanks again for your help!

> >1) When I type 'ps' for processes, I get this error:
> >'proc size mismatch (3060 total, 648 chunks)'
> 
> I'd be very much surprised if this one really wasn't in the FAQ...
> 
> What it means is that your kernel is out of sync with your binaries
> (usually due to having a kernel much newer than the binaries), and
> the kernel data structures are not what the binaries expect.
> 
> I have a new distribution in the final build stage (making the 
> tarballs).  It is unlikely to be completed before I go to bed
> tonight, so I'll get them uploaded tomorrow evening.
> 
> There is the off chance that they might be too _new_ for your
> kernel, but should work with kernels built within a few weeks
> of today.
> 
> ~Steve
> 
> -- 
> Steven R. Allen - wormey@eskimo.com      http://www.eskimo.com/~wormey/
> 
> Faith is the quality that enables you to eat blackberry jam on a picnic
> without looking to see whether the seeds move.
> 
> Contrary to popular belief, Unix is user friendly.  
> It just happens to be selective about who it makes friends with.
> 	-Kyle Hearn  <kyle@intex.net>
> 
> Blood is thicker than water, and much tastier.
> 



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