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Cc: jekillen <jekillen@prodigy.net>
Subject: Re: Install with modified kernel?
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On Tue, 27 Mar 2007, jekillen wrote:

> Hello:
> Is it possible to install FreeBSD ( in this case v6.2 GENERIC RELEASE) with a 
> modified kernel?
> I am having some network problems with an installation on ASUS N2M32 WS pro 
> (AMD64) mb.
> I want to try installing without fire wire emulation support, which means I 
> have to modify the
> kernel to eliminate it. But if I install and then modify the Kernel, it will 
> have made its mark.
> Please forgive me it this seems like a stupid question. It probably is but I 
> just want to be
> certain.
> Thanks in advance.
> Jeff K

Jeff,
     Of course you can! Please read this chapter in the handbook, which describes the process in great detail: <http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html>.
     As for the "network problems", what exactly are you experiencing?
-Garrett