From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 24 17: 8:46 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hole.noc.iafrica.com (hole.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.191]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0992D14C83 for ; Wed, 24 Feb 1999 17:07:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from robh@hole.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from robh (helo=localhost) by hole.noc.iafrica.com with local-smtp (Exim 2.04 #1) id 10Fdmi-0004ie-00; Wed, 24 Feb 1999 14:51:28 +0200 Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 14:51:28 +0200 (SAT) From: Rob Hunter X-Sender: robh@hole.noc.iafrica.com To: "Donald J . Maddox" Cc: Mark Ovens , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (2) How to save "kernel -c" userconfig changes in 3.1-R? (missing dset!) In-Reply-To: <19990223182817.B1611@dmaddox.conterra.com> 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 On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, Donald J . Maddox wrote: > Yes. > > You don't need USERCONFIG_BOOT anymore, in fact I don't think it > even exists in 3.1+. It does exist. For some reason my machine doesn't seem to be reading the /boot/boot.conf and /boot/kernel.com properly. Where would I go looking for tips on whether this file loaded properly and what errors it encountered if it didn't? I don't see anything in dmesg or when the machine is booting. > > On Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 10:47:39AM +0000, Mark Ovens wrote: > > On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Donald J . Maddox wrote: > > > > > > Add a line to your /boot/boot.conf like this: > > > > > > load -t userconfig_script /boot/kernel.conf > > > > > > Then create a /boot/kernel.conf that contains the configuration > > > commands you need. > > > > > > > Is the format of /boot/kernel.conf the same as /kernel.config in > > 2.2.8? > > > > I currently use 2.2.8 and have the config commands necessary to setup > > my modem and soundcard in /kernel.config and ``options > > USERCONFIG_BOOT'' in my kernel so that it's not necessary to re-enter > > all the settings with ``boot -c'' if I make a new kernel. > > > > When I u/g to 3.1 (when the CDs arrive) can I just copy /kernel.config > > to /boot/kernel.conf, edit the /boot/boot/conf as you describe and it > > will work as it does now? --Rob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message