From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 29 10:29:59 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA28835 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 29 Apr 1996 10:29:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA28826 for ; Mon, 29 Apr 1996 10:29:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA18433; Mon, 29 Apr 1996 10:33:28 -0700 Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 10:33:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Berend de Boer <100120.3121@CompuServe.COM> cc: freebsd-install Subject: Re: add kernel.ATAPI to install CD-Rom In-Reply-To: <960429080117_100120.3121_EHQ116-2@CompuServe.COM> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On 29 Apr 1996, Berend de Boer wrote: > I think it's wise to add a kernel.ATAPI to the CD-Rom and in the installation > script make this kernel the default if people are installing from a ATAPI > CD-Rom. Not too bad of an idea. Or just include it in GENERIC (bloat it even more than it already is). > Else you can install from CD-Rom and as soon as you boot, your CD-Rom is > inaccessible. And if you did not install the sources, you even can't recompile > the kernel (I think) to add CD-Rom support. If you can't do that, then how have people been getting atapi support after installation? :-) If you install the sources, you can build a kernel without any further need of the cd. Look in LINT for the appropriate ATAPI options. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major