Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 18:01:19 -1000 (HST) From: Vincent Poy <vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> To: <jacks@sage-american.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: DEVICE.hints Message-ID: <20010819175755.J2962-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20010819225239.01132088@mail.sage-american.com>
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On Sun, 19 Aug 2001 jacks@sage-american.com wrote: > Ran CVSup for 4.3-RELEASE and ran make buildworld > which succeeded... > > Then make kernel showed that it completed the build, but then it stopped > with error Code 1 after saying "must setup a /boot/device.hints file first" > > I read the handbook, but nothing perpared me for this error. > Anyone know about this file? > Also, once such a file is there, should I rerun, make kernel? As far as I remember, 4.3-RELEASE doesn't have a /boot/device.hints file but 5.0-CURRENT does: Do the following and then rebuild the kernel and reinstall: cp -p /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC.hints /boot/device.hints Cheers, Vince - vince@WURLDLINK.NET - Vice President ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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