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Date:      Tue, 24 Jul 2001 12:36:18 -0700
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Beech Rintoul <akbeech@anchoragerescue.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: device.hints
Message-ID:  <20010724123618.B14224@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
In-Reply-To: <01072411231609.06676@galaxy.anchoragerescue.org>; from akbeech@anchoragerescue.org on Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 11:23:16AM -0800
References:  <01072411231609.06676@galaxy.anchoragerescue.org>

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On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 11:23:16AM -0800, Beech Rintoul wrote:
> I want to experiment with current. All went well on the build, but when I=
 try=20
> and install the kernel it stops telling me to install a "device.hints" fi=
le.
> What do I need to do? I tried re-compiling the kernel with the "static" l=
ine=20
> uncomented, but same problem on install.

The short answer is that you can copy sys/i386/conf/GENERIC.hints to
/boot/device.hints.  If you have devices that you have needed to
configured in your kernel or with userconfig you may need to add or
modify this file somewhat.

-- Brooks

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Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE.
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