From owner-freebsd-current Fri Feb 2 3:26:12 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from teletubbie.het.net.je (teletubbie.het.net.je [192.87.110.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A178937B491 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 2001 03:25:55 -0800 (PST) Received: by teletubbie.het.net.je (Postfix, from userid 500) id 50E191B20C; Fri, 2 Feb 2001 12:25:53 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 12:25:53 +0100 To: Graham Wheeler Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /boot/device.hints file Message-ID: <20010202122553.A45375@teletubbie.het.net.je> References: <3A7A7F59.5785FCEF@cequrux.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <3A7A7F59.5785FCEF@cequrux.com>; from gram@cequrux.com on Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 11:35:21AM +0200 From: walter@belgers.com (Walter Belgers) Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Graham Wheeler wrote: > When trying to compile the kernel, I get an error saying I should > install a /boot/device.hints file first. See the /usr/src/UPDATING file: 20000825: /boot/device.hints is now required for installkernel to succeed. You should copy GENERIC.hints for your architecture into /boot/device.hints. [..] Cheers, Walter. -- Walter Belgers "Si hoc signum legere potes, operis boni in rebus walter@belgers.com Latinis alacribus et fructuosis potiri potes!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message