From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 23 12:51:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA03721 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 23 Oct 1998 12:51:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from laker.net (jet.laker.net [205.245.74.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA03706 for ; Fri, 23 Oct 1998 12:50:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sfriedri@laker.net) Received: from nt (digital-pbi-166.laker.net [208.0.233.66]) by laker.net (8.9.0/8.9.LAKERNET.NO-SPAM.SPAMMERS.AND.RELAYS.WILL.BE.TRACKED.AND.PROSECUTED.) with SMTP id PAA07603; Fri, 23 Oct 1998 15:50:14 -0400 Message-Id: <199810231950.PAA07603@laker.net> From: "Steve Friedrich" To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" , "Sogn" Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 15:49:05 -0400 Reply-To: "Steve Friedrich" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Newbie help Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 23 Oct 1998 15:14:12 -0400, Steve Friedrich wrote: >You should first attemp to install with making any changes and see if the GENERIC kernel can probe/detect your hardware for you. If it's successful, you can build a custom kernel after the install. Actually, I meant to say without making any changes... Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message