From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 28 10:56:44 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sand4.global.net.uk (sand4.global.net.uk [194.126.80.248]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1566115240 for ; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 10:56:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marko@globalnet.co.uk) Received: from p23s02a06.client.global.net.uk ([195.147.210.36] helo=marder-1.) by sand4.global.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 10yfdx-0005Zv-00; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 18:56:34 +0100 Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id SAA00320; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 18:52:47 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from marko) Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 18:52:47 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Parker Brown Cc: Tech Support Subject: Re: "Device not Found" messages at Boot Time Message-ID: <19990628185246.A256@marder-1> References: <3776D88F.1FC52FA8@gte.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <3776D88F.1FC52FA8@gte.net>; from Parker Brown on Sun, Jun 27, 1999 at 07:06:07PM -0700 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Jun 27, 1999 at 07:06:07PM -0700, Parker Brown wrote: > My question: How best to remedy this, and could someone give me an > intuitive idea what is happening, and maybe tell me something of the > load modules I am looking for? > > I rebuildt my kernel, and right after the kernel loads and the "real > memory" message appears, I get a series of messages like: > > config>di zp0 > no such device: zp0 > config>di ze0 > ...and so on. > > While there seems to be no harm done, I would just like to clean things > up a little, and maybe learn something while I'm at it. > > I've tried -c and boot time, but I can't find any commands to deactivate > these devices. > > There is a file named /boot/kernel.conf which contains these very > entries (ie, di zp0, di ze0, ..., q), and obviously this file is input > to a configuration module. Can I delete this file, or at least take all > the records out of it with exception of the last one ("q")? You can do either. As you quite rightly worked out, it is an "auto-answer" file for the boot config program. If you've built a custom kernel without some or all of these devices then you can remove the appropriate entries, or delete the file. > I've > grepped through A LOT of the src tree looking for a module that reads > these records, so I could find out what "di" means and what would happen > if the file weren't there. About all I found was a > "userconfig_script_name=/boot/kernel.conf" constant defined in it in one > of the ../boot sources, but I have no way of finding out what modules > include/use that constant. Using man to look up config, boot, even di, > is no help. If this stuff is referred to by the Handbook or The > Complete FreeBSD book, I haven't been able to locate it. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:markov@globalnet.co.uk http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message