From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 27 11: 9: 4 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from tetron03.tetronsoftware.com (tetron03.tetronsoftware.com [208.236.46.108]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B26D01542A for ; Wed, 27 Oct 1999 11:09:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from zeus@tetron03.tetronsoftware.com) Received: from tetron03.tetronsoftware.com (tetron03.tetronsoftware.com [208.236.46.108]) by tetron03.tetronsoftware.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA00501; Wed, 27 Oct 1999 13:10:47 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from zeus@tetron03.tetronsoftware.com) Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 13:10:47 -0500 (CDT) From: Gene Harris To: "Jonathan E. Lyons" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stop boot from looking for devices In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19991027125728.00a31bb0@midwest.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have already removed the devices from the kernel. (For a device removed from the kernel I get error messages such as "device not found".) I think my question is, what file is the "visual configuration mode editor" changing to stop the probes? Thanks, Gene On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Jonathan E. Lyons wrote: > You need to remove those devices from your kernel config file and > recompile, you could also go into the visual configuration mode editor and > disable the devices.... > > At 12:55 PM 10/27/99 -0500, you wrote: > >In the course of booting up, I get a lot of messages about > >such and such device not found, e.g. ed0 not found at 0x300. > > > >I figured a file in etc would hold the clue, but so far, I > >am stumped. I know I can edit out devices in the > >configuration editor, but I wonder what files it is actually > >changing to stop the boot up search for a particular device. > > > >Many Thanks, > >Gene Harris > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > Jonathan E. Lyons > parrothd@midwest.net Nucleus Consulting > ICQ # 14226912 www.nucleusconsulting.com > Cell # 773-251-1967 A+, MCSE, CCNA, FreeBSD! > Pager # 7732511967@mobile.att.net > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message