Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 12:43:35 -0700 From: Eric Varsanyi <ewv@boom.bsdi.com> To: hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD or BSDI Message-ID: <199603071943.MAA05659@boom.vars.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 07 Mar 1996 09:11:46 PST." <199603071711.JAA22180@freefall.freebsd.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) >Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 11:17:05 -0500 > >>No, you can change IRQ, ports and DMA addresses at boot time in BSDI in >>much the same way you can with FreeBSD . Also even without source code >>you can recompile the kernel to fit the devices you have. >>jbeukema > >True, but its a pain and it doesn't save them so you have to do it every time >until you get a kernel built. And you cant look at a list of devices easily to >check for conflicts before you boot. Usually people boot the generic kernel, it complains about conflicts (or fails to discover some devices), then you reboot and enter the overrides by hand. After getting booted up you put the overrides in /etc/boot.default or build a new kernel. List: Sorry for all the BSD/OS traffic, I'll shut up now. - -Eric -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6 iQCVAgUBMT88ZjxFdSMFRIw5AQGNoAP/UuYOk22Kv/f6NAkOp6AqnGpD7QpSpVxa WnH+bFukf5FxRu6SAx3HnrzVW44cev9uaWWLD/YvAuxJg25dtB22GMijJQx95Emq Zm++rJPm/WNTA7uRX7EsBxub44E+cqYtCwcW42i4P820DT5EjKQ0SMYcXV+wIiAW ZD8DqW4zj94= =UkBg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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