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Date:      Tue, 4 May 1999 22:46:50 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Thomas@hentschel.net
To:        Chris Dorr <chris@townnews.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: kernel compiling
Message-ID:  <199905050450.VAA00478@gate.hentschel.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905041559110.28350-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>

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 On Tue, 4 May 1999, Chris Dorr wrote:
 
> I've been trying to compile a kernel and I run into one single error
> problem that seems to stop me dead in the water.  
> 
> It compiles just fine and I reboot (shutdown -r -now) and it starts
> booting up again and it gets to a point where it asks for a hostname and
> stops.  

make sure you dont have any device conflicts,
at the boot prompt type -c, then visual, use the editor remove all
conflicts and set the IRQ / Mem addr according to what your hardware is
using. 
A typical example are 3com 5x9 NIC's, the defaults don't always work.
(I found them at IRQ 5 and MEM 0x210 )

-Th



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