From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Mar 7 13:49:13 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id NAA13581 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 13:49:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns.okbmei.msk.su (ns.okbmei.msk.su [194.190.170.40]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA13537 for ; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 13:49:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from kiae.UUCP by ns.okbmei.msk.su with UUCP id AA25105 (5.67c8/IDA-1.5); Fri, 8 Mar 1996 00:41:31 +0300 Received: from freefall.FreeBSD.ORG by sovcom.kiae.su with SMTP id AA16170 (5.65.kiae-1 for ); Fri, 8 Mar 1996 00:33:11 +0300 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA03408 Thu, 7 Mar 1996 11:46:12 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA03223 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 11:43:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from boom.vars.com (boom.BSDI.COM [205.230.226.129]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA03218 for ; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 11:43:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from boom.vars.com (localhost.vars.com [127.0.0.1]) by boom.vars.com (8.7.3/8.6.5) with ESMTP id MAA05659 for ; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 12:43:35 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199603071943.MAA05659@boom.vars.com> To: hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD or BSDI In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 07 Mar 1996 09:11:46 PST." <199603071711.JAA22180@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: application/pgp; format=mime; x-action=signclear; x-originator=05448C39 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 12:43:35 -0700 From: Eric Varsanyi X-Charset: KOI8-R X-Char-Esc: 29 Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) >Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 11:17:05 -0500 > >>No, you can change IRQ, ports and DMA addresses at boot time in BSDI in >>much the same way you can with FreeBSD . Also even without source code >>you can recompile the kernel to fit the devices you have. >>jbeukema > >True, but its a pain and it doesn't save them so you have to do it every time >until you get a kernel built. And you cant look at a list of devices easily to >check for conflicts before you boot. Usually people boot the generic kernel, it complains about conflicts (or fails to discover some devices), then you reboot and enter the overrides by hand. After getting booted up you put the overrides in /etc/boot.default or build a new kernel. List: Sorry for all the BSD/OS traffic, I'll shut up now. - -Eric -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6 iQCVAgUBMT88ZjxFdSMFRIw5AQGNoAP/UuYOk22Kv/f6NAkOp6AqnGpD7QpSpVxa WnH+bFukf5FxRu6SAx3HnrzVW44cev9uaWWLD/YvAuxJg25dtB22GMijJQx95Emq Zm++rJPm/WNTA7uRX7EsBxub44E+cqYtCwcW42i4P820DT5EjKQ0SMYcXV+wIiAW ZD8DqW4zj94= =UkBg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----