Kelly Martin wrote:
OpenBSD kernel panic'ed or was otherwise unresponsive. A full reboot
was required by pulling the plug, because the console would not
respond (I walked my brother through this over the phone - remote
location). When the system came back up, Apache would not start.
I know you wrote not to suggest to upgrade to 3.8, but look to me that
you have your brother available to help. I know I wrote the instruction
before for a friend that never even touch Unix in his life before on how
to set this up (OpenBSD). If you think about it for a few seconds. I
would definitely argue that you would have lost less time by writing the
instruction and sending them to your brother, let him wipe it clean and
bring it back up where you can then ssh to it and do all that you need
form that point. From the CD, or even from the bsd.rd version, setting
up a box is really quick, ok if you need to download the full system
from the bsd.rd version over ftp it may take a bit more time, but still,
a few simple question to answer and you are home free, unless you really
don't trust your brother, but even then...
Not what you want to ear I know for sure, but just think about it...
I am sure it would take you less time this way and you would not have to
deal with madness...
I am sure you can setup your box from scratch in less then 10 minutes
with a CD. Have your brother do that over the phone if you have to. I am
sure he will fell good in the end and your problem will be gone as well,
plus you would have an upgraded version.
Think how much time you already spend on it.
Hope this provide you some moral support anyway.
Daniel
