On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Andrew Brown wrote:

> > From: Perry E. Metzger
> >
> >>"Tom T. Thai" writes:
> >>
> >> Got a crash this morning.  NetBSD1.0A on 486/66 32mb RAM SCSI
> >> 
> >> kmem_malloc: mb_map too small. stopped at _Debugger+0x4: Leave
> >> 
> >> system is doing WWW, DNS, email, some lite database (msql) and ftp (very 
> >> light)
> >> 
> >> How can I fix this?  Add more RAM? :)
> >
> >If its what I think it is, switching to -current may help.
> 
> actually...wasn't this changed from a panic to a warning in 1.1?
> -current might be overkill...
> 
> either way, you should be able to just add more mbufs in the kernel
> config file ala
> 
>   options NMBCLUSTERS=1024
> 
> although upgrading to *something* other than 1.0A would be a very good
> thing.

I'll wait 'til the next snap coming (right perry?) and will upgrade.  
What is the best procedure to do this with minimum down time?


get snap bin and src
and some coffee and cigarettes
wait 'til it's 3AM
tar --unlink the ball
recompile kernel
reboot and pray

am I missing anything here? If I tar --unlink the ball, how would the old 
(running) kernel have problems with the new bins?

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