Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 22:24:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Kevin Street <street@iname.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: jm7996@devrycols.edu, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /kernel.config Message-ID: <13831.2314.69074.797302@kstreet.interlog.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9809211542020.11562-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> References: <87yarf6a6j.fsf@kstreet.interlog.com> <Pine.BSF.4.03.9809211542020.11562-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Doug White writes: >On 19 Sep 1998, Kevin Street wrote: > >> "James A. Mutter" <jmutter@devrycols.edu> writes: > >> > I've got a PnP sound card that is _not_ automatically recognized by the >> > kernel. After installing a new kernel I have to manually reenter the >> > parameters for the card. I could have sworn that I saw somewhere that the >> > /kernel.config file could 'do this for me' - so to speak. >> > >> I believe you also need to have the right options in your kernel: >> options USERCONFIG #boot -c editor >> options USERCONFIG_BOOT #imply -c and parse info area >> options VISUAL_USERCONFIG #visual boot -c editor >> >> I think it's the USERCONFIG_BOOT that makes it read kernel.config > >No, USERCONFIG_BOOT pops up the screen that asks you if you want to >configure the kernel, like it does on the boot floppy. Well, I don't get that screen on my machine unless I use -c at boot time. Until I added USERCONFIG_BOOT (I already had the other two) it ignored my kernel.config, but with the option it configs my sound card automatically and carries on booting. I'm on -current if that makes a difference. -- Kevin Street street@iName.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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