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Date:      Tue, 24 Jul 2001 09:34:41 -1000 (HST)
From:      Vincent Poy <vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET>
To:        Beech Rintoul <akbeech@anchoragerescue.org>
Cc:        <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: device.hints
Message-ID:  <20010724093402.D50475-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET>
In-Reply-To: <01072411231609.06676@galaxy.anchoragerescue.org>

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On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Beech Rintoul wrote:

> I want to experiment with current. All went well on the build, but when I try
> and install the kernel it stops telling me to install a "device.hints" file.
> What do I need to do? I tried re-compiling the kernel with the "static" line
> uncomented, but same problem on install.

	What you need to do is before installing the kernel...

cp -p /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC.hints /boot/device.hints


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