From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat May 9 22:36:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA17161 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sat, 9 May 1998 22:36:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com ([210.145.37.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA17152 for ; Sat, 9 May 1998 22:36:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@antipodes.cdrom.com) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antipodes.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA00801; Sat, 9 May 1998 10:37:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199805091737.KAA00801@antipodes.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Amancio Hasty cc: Nate Williams , Mike Smith , "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Archie Cobbs , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ISA-PnP w\o BIOS support? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 09 May 1998 11:18:52 PDT." <199805091818.LAA11364@rah.star-gate.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 09 May 1998 10:37:35 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > You can include me as one of the ones that hates the linux interactive > process for generating a kernel and I am very glad that linux > has this and their lilo bootloader is right on the top of my > list for linux systems to must have 8) Argh, I had hoped that nobody else would be so clueless as to think that was what I was talking about. It's an _opposite_ see: Either a) you have an interactive configuration process, or b) you install the kernel sources and configure/build a new kernel. Now, how does a) look anything like the Linux configurator for b)? *sigh* > > Amancio > > > > > > This is (IMO) bogus. Stuff set in the kernel configuration file is no > > > > > easier to manipulate than sysctl variables. > > > > > > > > Sure it is. I know how things are setup in the kernel config files. I > > > > > > Ah, so "easier" means "easier for me". I think you'll find that most > > > people consider an interactive configuration process a lot "easier" > > > than having to install and build the kernel sources. > > > > Actually no. Most people are annoyed at the Linux 'interactive' process > > once they use the FreeBSD process. > > > > I can give you boatloads of email that shows this. > > > > > > Nate > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > > > > -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message