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To: Pekka Samuli Laine <pekkasamuli@koti.soon.fi>
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Subject: Re: Strange messages during boot process
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From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen)
Date: 12 Feb 2002 14:47:00 -0800
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Pekka Samuli Laine <pekkasamuli@koti.soon.fi> writes:

> During boot process I see these lines on the screen:
> 
> ...
> config> di pcic0
> No such device: pcic0
> Invalid command or syntax.  Type `?' for help.
...

> Is it safe just to remove these 'di'-commands from kernel.conf?
> Or should I leave them there? Why are they there in the first
> place because those commands seem not to work?

It's as safe as your editing.    The things are only useful for
devices that are compiled into the kernel but which you want to
disable.  The commands have trouble disabling device code that is
not in the kernel.

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