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Date:      Wed, 27 Oct 1999 13:13:01 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Gene Harris <zeus@tetron03.tetronsoftware.com>
To:        J McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Stop boot from looking for devices
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910271311320.401-100000@tetron03.tetronsoftware.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9910271856580.90519-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>

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I appreciate the second ide entry.  Unfortunately, I have
two cd's hanging out on that controller.  So I cannot remove
it.

Gene

 On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, J McKitrick mumbled:

>  I just handled this myself.  Look at the output from dmesg, and then go
>  into the kernel config file:
>  /sys/i386/conf/KERNEL, or GENERIC
>  and look for references to the devices not found.  Then comment them out.
>  I also have the complete freebsd.  My machine used to pause for  while
>  looking for a second IDE drive, but i followed the kernel config chapter,
>  found the entry and removed it.  That takes about 5-10 seconds off the
>  boot time.
>  
>   -jm
>  
>  
>  



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