From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 23 06:53:00 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id GAA11340 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 23 Dec 1997 06:53:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from mail.airmail.net (mail.airmail.net [206.66.12.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id GAA11335 for ; Tue, 23 Dec 1997 06:52:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kf7nn@airmail.net) Received: from airmail.net from [206.66.5.20] by mail.airmail.net (/\##/\ Smail3.1.30.16 #30.229) with esmtp for id ; Tue, 23 Dec 97 08:52:55 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <349FD042.D9C4DB92@airmail.net> Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 14:52:50 +0000 From: laszlo vagner X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: kernel Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk i got my kernel copied to my laptop but it doesnt recognize my zip drive. i get all the way to "waiting for scsi devices to settle" but no messages after that. the dmesg listing is the same for my laptop as for my desktop system except for the part mentioned above. i tried MAKEDEV ppi0 and got no such device so i did a cp -R /dev/ppi0 /stiffy and then copied it to my laptop using cp -R /stiffy/ppi0 /dev and tried that, no luck. so my new question is what do i need to do now? I have a feeling i need to copy other files to the laptop but this is why i ask you... thanks reply to vagner@ti.com and the list