Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 07:13:48 -0700 From: Phil Staub <phils@staub.net> To: Paul Jansen <vlaero@yahoo.com.au> Cc: Phillip Davenport <phillipd@antares.cloudnet.com>, small@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PicoBSD help - dial version Message-ID: <20000809071348.A42520@mail> In-Reply-To: <20000809134500.14106.qmail@web5105.mail.yahoo.com>; from vlaero@yahoo.com.au on Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 11:45:00PM %2B1000 References: <20000809134500.14106.qmail@web5105.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 11:45:00PM +1000, Paul Jansen wrote: > Well it seems that the presence of a kernel.conf file > in the root directory of the floppy has stopped the > visual kernel configuration screen coming up. It > seems that having 'USERCONFIG' at tyhe top and 'quit' > at the bottom is what was needed. My problem now is > that I have no idea what should be in the file. There are commands in that file something like: di psm0 di zp0 di ze0 di lnc0 di le0 di ie0 di fe0 di ex0 di ep0 di cs0 di wt0 di scd0 di mcd0 di matcdc0 di aic0 di aha0 di adv0 q (This is the content of my kernel.conf file on my "big" machine.) Also, if you have changed port addresses, irq settings, or dma settings, these are in there too. Though I don't have any examples in my file, I think they are of the form: port <device> <port#> irq <device> <interrupt#> dma <device> <dma#> > When the kernel is loaded and it parses the commands > in my kernel.conf file the messages fly by on the > screen so quickly. Is there any way I can pause it so > that I can read these messages? As the messages fly Once the machine has booted, login (if your configuration has a login shell) and type dmesg | more at the prompt. This will "replay" the startup message piped through more. > by I have noticed that it doesn't like the commands I > have in my file. Can someone help me with what format > the config commands in this file should be in? Are > there instructions or a reference to this any where? > > Thanks, > Paul > > --- Phillip Davenport <phillipd@antares.cloudnet.com> > wrote: > In article > > > <20000807235315.17724.qmail_web5102.mail.yahoo.com@ns.sol.net> > > you wrote: > > > > > I'm pretty sure that my configuration is not being > > > saved anywhere though. Part of the problem is > > saving > > > my device configuration- another part is the > > kernel > > > config screen popping up. > > > > This the undocumented /kernel.config recipe. > > > > Mount the dial floppy. > > edit /kernel.config > > insert text [without quotes] > > 'USERCONFIG' > > [your config commands] > > 'quit' > > save /kernel.config > > > > The USER_CONFIG setup in PicoBSD .04x doesn't save > > /kernel.config.. > > > > p > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________________ > http://geocities.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Australia & NZ GeoCities > - Build your own Web Site - for free! > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message > -- Phil Staub, KE7HC phils@staub.net Unix: because reboots are for hardware upgrades To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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