Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 18:38:02 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Bsd Neophyte <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rebuilt the kernel... and now some issues... Message-ID: <20020906063802.GB67722@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <20020906055209.17459.qmail@web20109.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20020906052713.GA67722@grimoire.chen.org.nz> <20020906055209.17459.qmail@web20109.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 10:52:09PM -0700, Bsd Neophyte wrote:
>
> --- Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> wrote:
> > Since you've rebuilt your kernel, some devices don't exist anymore.
> > Your /boot/kernel.conf is now out of date, and can be removed.
>
> what's the purpose of this file? so deleting it will not cause any
> catastrophic problems?
You can have a look at it. It's a just text file with commands to
disable devices in the kernel. It was probably created when you first
installed FreeBSD, and you went thru' the config-panel, disabling
devices that you didn't have on your box.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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