From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 6 23: 4:12 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from palrel3.hp.com (palrel3.hp.com [156.153.255.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E3CE157B3 for ; Tue, 6 Apr 1999 23:04:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from darrylo@sr.hp.com) Received: from srmail.sr.hp.com (srmail.sr.hp.com [15.4.45.14]) by palrel3.hp.com (8.8.6 (PHNE_17135)/8.8.5tis) with ESMTP id XAA27513 for ; Tue, 6 Apr 1999 23:02:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mina.sr.hp.com by srmail.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA048714916; Tue, 6 Apr 1999 23:01:56 -0700 Received: from localhost (darrylo@mina.sr.hp.com [15.4.42.247]) by mina.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (8.8.6 (PHNE_14041)/8.7.3 TIS 5.0) id XAA25459; Tue, 6 Apr 1999 23:01:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199904070601.XAA25459@mina.sr.hp.com> To: "Christoph P. Kukulies" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.1 upgrade - need urgent help Reply-To: Darryl Okahata In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 06 Apr 1999 20:24:07 +0200." Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 1.1.1.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 23:01:54 -0700 From: Darryl Okahata Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Christoph P. Kukulies" wrote: > What is the syntax for the /boot/kernel.conf file? Try "/boot/loader.rc", with (for example): load /kernel load -t userconfig_script /kernel.config autoboot You may want to replace "load /kernel" with "load /kernel.GENERIC". The file, "/kernel.config", contains (for example) lines like: pnp 1 0 os enable port0 0x220 irq0 5 drq0 1 drq1 5 port1 0x330 port2 0x388 pnp 1 1 os enable port0 0x208 pnp 1 2 os enable port0 0x620 port1 0xa20 port2 0xe20 (strip leading spaces.) The above is for an AWE64 PNP card. Note that using the filename, "/boot/boot.conf", instead of "/boot/loader.rc", will also work, but is deprecated. > I have to reenable ed0 in kernel.GENERIC. It's really odd that > kernel.GENERIC does not have CLI or any config option built > in. IIRC, you should be able to hit the spacebar (or any other key) during the startup boot delay to access the new boot loader command prompt. At this point, you should be able to type "boot -c" to access the old-style boot config process (this is deprecated -- I think any changes made here are not saved). This is also dependent upon the old boot menu being present in kernel.GENERIC (I think it is). -- Darryl Okahata darrylo@sr.hp.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Hewlett-Packard, or of the little green men that have been following him all day. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message