From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 1 13:21:58 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BAFB16A4CE for ; Thu, 1 Jan 2004 13:21:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from cheyenne.wixb.com (cheyenne.wixb.com [65.43.82.170]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31D8F43D45 for ; Thu, 1 Jan 2004 13:21:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jeff_bronson@wixb.com) Received: from thinkpad.wixb.com (thinkpad.wixb.com [10.43.82.5]) i01LLu1J001601; Thu, 1 Jan 2004 15:21:56 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <6.0.1.1.2.20040101152038.00b45dc8@cheyenne.wixb.com> Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 15:21:56 -0600 To: Harald Schmalzbauer , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: "J.D. Bronson" In-Reply-To: <200401012215.41790@harrymail> References: <6.0.1.1.2.20040101145617.00b357f0@cheyenne.wixb.com> <200401012215.41790@harrymail> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: Re: 5.2-RC2 customize questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 21:21:58 -0000 At 03:15 PM 1/1/2004, Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: >On Thursday 01 January 2004 21:59, J.D. Bronson wrote: > > I have installed 5.2RC2 on i386 and have all of it working well (including > > ACPI with HTT) > > > > Since I am much more familiar with the 4.x flavor, is there any web area > > that explains the following: > > > > 1. it seems alot of startup was moved to /etc/rc.d...thats cool, but I dont > > see the connection as to how things in there are being invoked? > >I just can tell you that RCng was merged from NetBSD some months ago. > > > > > 2. How can I get rid of the boot menu and boot 5.2 like 4.x ? > >You can edit /boot/loader.rc and comment the line "include /boot/beastie.4th" >and "beastie-start" > > > > > 3. I built a custom kernel and chose to incorporate 'hints' within the > > kernel and that seems to work, but I noticed alot of modules still get > > built for devices I didnt include or list (like scsi and sound)...how can I > > effectively remove devices I dont have ? > >That's because modules are built together with the kernel not with the world. >You can change this by adding the following to /etc/make.conf >"NO_MODULES= true" >or or and/or >"MODULES_WITH_WORLD=true" > > > > > ..other than this (so far)..I am very pleased at the performance! > >Well then you seem to have very fast hardware. Regarding disk transfer and >network speed there is plenty to do (see Greg Leheys latest measurements) > >-Harry umm. This is not good news? - I have dual machines that have Pentium4 3.06ghz and run IDE 7200 rpm drives...I have not seen any loss of performance via network -or- IDE transfers. Things seem to really rock.... Hmmmm. -- J.D. Bronson Aurora Health Care // Information Services // Milwaukee, WI USA Office: 414.978.8282 // Fax: 414.328.8282 // Pager: 414.314.8282