From owner-freebsd-current Tue Sep 12 15:20:51 1995 Return-Path: current-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id PAA04920 for current-outgoing; Tue, 12 Sep 1995 15:20:51 -0700 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id PAA04901 for ; Tue, 12 Sep 1995 15:20:45 -0700 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id IAA23106; Wed, 13 Sep 1995 08:02:21 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199509122232.IAA23106@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: userconfig doesn't work on tvi925 To: pst@shockwave.com (Paul Traina) Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 08:02:21 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, davidg@Root.COM, current@FreeBSD.ORG, fenner@parc.xerox.com In-Reply-To: <199509121740.KAA14390@precipice.shockwave.com> from "Paul Traina" at Sep 12, 95 10:40:30 am Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1012 Sender: current-owner@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Paul Traina stands accused of saying: > > I don't call a newbie booting the kernel on non-conforming hardware an > "emergency". > > I would certainly consider an utter newbie booting a kernel on a machine > that doesn't have the FDC in the right location to be an "exception"... I don't follow you : You say that userconfig should only be used in an emergency. I point out that it's _required_ if one is to be able to install on hardware that isn't configured to exactly match the distribution kernel. I think you're still flogging your floppy/console only boot concept, which has already been dismissed as impractical. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" -Terry Lambert UNIX: live FreeBSD or die! [[