Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 17:42:54 -0500 From: "Donald J . Maddox" <dmaddox@conterra.com> To: "Bond, Jeffery" <Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk> Cc: "'dmaddox@conterra.com'" <dmaddox@conterra.com>, "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Userconfig wont remember my settings in 3.1-RELEASE Message-ID: <19990225174254.C1722@dmaddox.conterra.com> In-Reply-To: <DD2AB7991BC6D211988E00A024AC583B0269AB@exchange.nectech.co.uk>; from Bond, Jeffery on Thu, Feb 25, 1999 at 10:11:38AM -0000 References: <DD2AB7991BC6D211988E00A024AC583B0269AB@exchange.nectech.co.uk>
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There used to be a program called 'dset' that could write this configuration directly into the a.out kernel image. It doesn't work with ELF kernels. That's why you have to do this now. On Thu, Feb 25, 1999 at 10:11:38AM -0000, Bond, Jeffery wrote: > Cheers Donald, > > Thanks for the help, but why should I have to do this with 3.1-RELEASE, it > all happened 'automagically' in previous versions? > I did get round the problem with brute force by building a custom kernel > with only the devices and settings I want, but it's hardly ideal. > > Regards, > > Jeff > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Donald J . Maddox [SMTP:dmaddox@conterra.com] > > Sent: Thursday, February 25, 1999 2:37 AM > > To: Bond, Jeffery > > Cc: 'questions@freebsd.org' > > Subject: Re: Userconfig wont remember my settings in 3.1-RELEASE > > > > You need to add a line like this: > > > > load -t userconfig_script /boot/kernel.conf > > > > to your /boot/boot.conf file. Put all your configuration commands > > in /boot/kernel.conf. The kernel.conf file will be read at each > > boot and you won't have to keep reentering the info over and over. > > > > On Wed, Feb 24, 1999 at 09:34:37AM -0000, Bond, Jeffery wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > > > > I've just upgraded to 3.1-RELEASE and I am having some trouble with the > > > kernel userconfig program. I disable all the unwanted devices, and tweak > > the > > > IRQ and IO of my net card, and the kernel then boots fine. Lovely! > > > > > > The problem is next time I boot (without running userconfig), all the > > > devices become enabled again, and the IRQ/IO settings are lost. This > > used to > > > work on 3.0-RELEASE and earlier (ie. the settings were remembered). What > > > gives? Where are the settings stored? > > > > > > This is the steps that I perform to run userconfig: > > > > > > The system starts with the BTX loader 1.0 (whatever that is, it's new). > > > Then I get a 10 second counter, which I interrupt by pressing a key > > > Then I enter 'boot -c' at the prompt (This took a bit of working out). > > > Lastly I type 'visual' when I get the userconfig prompt. > > > Up comes the familliar fullscreen userconfig program. > > > > > > Help appreciated, > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Jeff Bond > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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