Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 15:39:49 +0200 From: Szilveszter Adam <sziszi@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu> To: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MINI kernel config for recovery floppy in Handbook Message-ID: <20001004153948.B15635@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu> In-Reply-To: <20000928131635.A704@canyon.nothing-going-on.org>; from nik@freebsd.org on Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 01:16:35PM %2B0100 References: <20000926224450.B6384@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu> <20000928131635.A704@canyon.nothing-going-on.org>
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On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 01:16:35PM +0100, Nik Clayton wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 10:44:50PM +0200, Szilveszter Adam wrote:
> > I do not know what we should do. Maybe just warn the ppl that they should
> > change the config and give them hints for that, or should we also include a
> > 4.x version of the config file?
>
> Include a 4.x version, if you can write it.
[Following up...]
OK, I have completed a kernel config file for the 4.x branch. The patch is
posted for review to the list as well because I am not (yet:-) a DocBook
wizard. If you think this is fine, you can commit it, while you are at it:-)
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Regards:
Szilveszter ADAM
Szeged University
Szeged Hungary
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--- /usr/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/backups/chapter.sgml.old Wed Oct 4 15:20:15 2000
+++ /usr/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/backups/chapter.sgml Wed Oct 4 15:21:31 2000
@@ -572,6 +572,43 @@
#
/sbin/umount /mnt
echo "The floppy has been unmounted and is now ready."]]></programlisting>
+ <para>Note that the above script contains a config file for a
+ kernel in the FreeBSD 3.x-series. If you have a 4.x machine,
+ use this one instead:</para>
+ <programlisting>
+#
+# MINI4x -- A kernel to get FreeBSD 4.x onto a floppy disk
+#
+machine i386
+cpu I486_CPU
+ident MINI4x
+maxusers 5
+
+options INET
+options FAT_CURSOR
+options SCSI_DELAY=15000
+options NCONS=2
+options USERCONFIG
+
+device isa
+device pci
+
+device fdc0 at isa? port IO_FD1 irq 6 drq 2
+device fd0 at fdc0 drive 0
+
+device ncr
+device scbus
+
+device sc0 at isa? flags 0x100
+device npx0 at nexus? port IO_NPX irq 13
+
+device da
+device sa
+
+pseudo-device loop #Req'ed by INET
+pseudo-device gzip #Exec gzipped a.outs
+#
+ </programlisting>
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