Terror in sysadminery
2000-09-23 01:14:14+02 by 
Dan Lyke 
 5 comments   
 
There's a certain sort of terror in this:
   # cd /usr/src/kernel-xxx
   # make config
   # make dep
   # make zlilo
   # make modules
   # make modules_install
   # reboot
Of the "oh shit I hope the condom didn't break" sort...
comments in ascending chronological order (reverse):
#Comment  made: 2002-02-21 06:30:18+01 by:
ebwolf
   
It's even more fun when you're doing it on a server that's a couple thousand miles away...
#Comment  made: 2002-02-21 06:30:18+01 by:
kroah
   
Yeah, but you should always save a known good kernel incase this one does not boot properly (have to edit lilo.conf by hand, and it doesn't work well when your doing this on a server a long distance away...)
#Comment  made: 2002-02-21 06:30:18+01 by:
OnceShy
   
The server can be just a few miles away as long as its the central machine for a major wireless co ... :-)
#Comment  made: 2002-02-21 06:30:21+01 by:
jwegman
   
Not nearly, however, as terifying as, say, upgrading a WinNT device driver or installing a service pack ;-)
#Comment  made: 2002-02-21 06:30:22+01 by:
Dan Lyke
   
The most frightening words in the English language are: "Windows has detected new hardware..."