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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, IsolationX wrote:

> When i boot freebsd with the install disket that i downloaded it asks me to
> check the hardware configuration (e.x. the irq, port...) for all my
> hardware.  Do i need to configure it now or can i continue letting it probe
> my hardware?

You should configure it manually since FreeBSD doesn't support PnP and it
doesn't know where to guess for devices.

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