From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 5 10:45:17 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sand2.global.net.uk (sand2.global.net.uk [195.147.246.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECCFC14C91 for ; Mon, 5 Jul 1999 10:45:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marko@globalnet.co.uk) Received: from p09s02a06.client.global.net.uk ([195.147.210.10] helo=marder-1.) by sand2.global.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 111CnX-0000H6-00; Mon, 5 Jul 1999 18:44:55 +0100 Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id SAA00435; Mon, 5 Jul 1999 18:40:44 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from marko) Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 18:40:44 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: "John J. Fox IV" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need documentation RE: /boot/kernel.conf Message-ID: <19990705184043.C256@marder-1> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: ; from John J. Fox IV on Sun, Jul 04, 1999 at 04:32:55PM -0700 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Jul 04, 1999 at 04:32:55PM -0700, John J. Fox IV wrote: > Hi, > > I just installed FreeBSD (for the first time) over the weekend. I > really like it. There's *lots* to learn, but that's all part of the > fun. > > I am having a problem -- though -- trying to understand the purpose > and syntax of "/boot/kernel.conf". Man pages, and web/faq/handbook > searches have all failed me as I try to unearth a document that > will explain this to me. > > Someone on EFNet #FreeBSD pointed me to "/boot/defaults/loader.conf" > which references "/boot/kernel.conf", but doesn't explain it. I didn't > want to make a pest of myself so I decided I'd post my question here. > > FWIW, here is a snippet from "/boot/kernel.conf": > ----------- These are like an "auto-answer" commands for the boot configuration (what you get when you do ``boot -c''). See below for explanation. di psm0 <-- disable psm0 di zp0 <-- disable zp0 di ze0 di adv0 en ppc0 <-- enable ppc0 ir ppc0 7 <-- set IRQ of ppc0 to 7 f ppc0 0x40 <-- set flags of ppc0 to 0x40 q <-- quit > ----------- > > Thank you, > > John > jfox@wizzards.net > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:markov@globalnet.co.uk http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message