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Date:      Sun, 09 Jan 2000 12:38:32 -0700
From:      Scott Corey <sbcorey@azstarnet.com>
To:        gerti@bitart.com
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Dmesg giving erroneous messages (Long Message)
Message-ID:  <3878E3B8.25E3D6DB@azstarnet.com>
References:  <3878DCC8.7C40FB57@azstarnet.com> <20000109192400.2786.qmail@camelot.bitart.com>

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Gerd Knops wrote:
> 
> Scott Corey wrote:
> > I am having a heck of a time trying to figure out where I am getting
> > these kernel "No such device" config calls from. Here is my dmesg:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> When you first installed FreeBSD and configured the generic kernel, the
> configuration was stored in /boot/kernel.conf'. This file is applied on each
> reboot. My guess is you have since build a lean customized kernel, which does
> not contain devices anymore you don't have. So you can now use a mostly empty
> kernel.conf. I don't know what the proper procedure is, but this worked for me:
> 
> cd /boot
> mv kernel.conf kernel.conf.orig
> echo "q" >kernel.conf
> 
> Gerd

That was it Gerd, THANK YOU!!!! I CAN NOW QUIT BEATING MY HEAD AGAINST
THE KEYBOARD.:^)


Scott


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