From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 1 11:27:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA05916 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 1 Aug 1998 11:27:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from serveri.netti.fi (serveri.netti.fi [195.16.192.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA05904 for ; Sat, 1 Aug 1998 11:27:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from yurtesen@turkey.ispro.net.tr) Received: from turkey.ispro.net.tr (dyn-3-052.tku.netti.fi [195.16.222.246]) by serveri.netti.fi (8.8.8/8.8.3) with ESMTP id VAA24732; Sat, 1 Aug 1998 21:26:38 +0300 Message-ID: <35C35E08.417E281F@turkey.ispro.net.tr> Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1998 21:27:20 +0300 From: Evren Yurtesen X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeff Rogers CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How do I edit kernel please? References: <199808011736.MAA24618@photon.soltec.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook37.html you may find information at handbook :) Jeff Rogers wrote: > I am a totally new user to FreeBSD & UNIX. I want to edit my kernel > to support my Sound Blaster 16 PNP. I have installed version 2.2.6 > and am using the bash shell. > > I have read various emails with satisfactory answers to the question. > > /MY/ question is: How do I "edit" this file? I've purchased Mr. Lehey's > book, "The Complete FreeBSD" & read the section on rebuilding the > kernel, beginning on page 241. I cannot for the life of me see a > reference to a command I might see in DOS like, say, "edit > config.sys." > > I'm guessing I'm just unbelievabaly dense or something. :-) Do I use > emacs or vi for this? > > The OS is up & running okay. I just need to add sound support and > configure the PPP, etc., to log into my ISP account. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message