Date: Fri, 12 Sep 97 07:52:00 +10 From: "Tealby, Kevin" <ktealby@mmail.indcom.gov.au> To: "'smtp:grog@freebie.lemis.com'" <grog@freebie.lemis.com>, Leif Neland <leif@roskildebc.dk> Cc: "'smtp:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: adding a device to a freebsd machine Message-ID: <3418F472@mmail.prodcomm.gov.au>
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Thanks very much for your responses!!! The answer to my problem was to use the -c flag when booting. I hadn't actually built the kernel. Sorry about my poor choose of words in describing the problem. All the best Kevin ---------- > From: Leif Neland > To: Tealby, Kevin > Cc: 'smtp:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG' > Subject: Re: adding a device to a freebsd machine > Date: Thursday, 11 September 1997 10:18AM > > At 17:46 11-09-97 +10, Tealby, Kevin wrote: > > > >I built a FreeBSD box with the ne2000 device driver disabled. I have since > >experienced troubles with the pci network card I was using and want to use > >an ne2000 card. > > Explain "build" Have you compiled your own kernel, or just configured it > with the visual configuration tool at installation? > > If the latter, just give the option -C when booting, then you get into the > same configuration tool as when you installed. > > If you have build your own kernel, then just alter the configfile > /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/<YOUR_CONFIG_NAME> and re-build. > > But then, if you had built your own kernel, then I guess you would know > that allready... > > > Leif Neland work: leif@roskildebc.dk > Systemadministrator private: leifn@roskildebc.dk > Roskilde Business College >
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