From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 30 00:21:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA20401 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 00:21:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA20395 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 00:21:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA23900; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 00:21:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 00:21:52 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Antonio Bemfica cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Format and function of boot.config and kernel.config ? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Antonio Bemfica wrote: > I would like to know the file formatting and function of boot.config and > kernel.config. I assume they must be read at boot time, but that's all I > know. I searched for references to the files both in the FAQ and handbook > directories, but did not find anything. boot.config is the boot string to put on the Boot: prompt by default. echo "sd(0,a)/kernel" > /boot.config would be a way to generate the file. I don't know what kernel.config does. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message