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Date:      Sat, 09 May 1998 10:37:35 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
Cc:        Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ISA-PnP w\o BIOS support? 
Message-ID:  <199805091737.KAA00801@antipodes.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 09 May 1998 11:18:52 PDT." <199805091818.LAA11364@rah.star-gate.com> 

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> You can include me as one of the ones that hates the linux interactive
> process for generating a kernel and I am very glad that linux
> has this and their lilo bootloader is right on the top of my
> list for linux systems to must have 8)


Argh, I had hoped that nobody else would be so clueless as to think 
that was what I was talking about.

It's an _opposite_ see:   Either a) you have an interactive 
configuration process, or b) you install the kernel sources and 
configure/build a new kernel.

Now, how does a) look anything like the Linux configurator for b)?  

*sigh*

> 
> 	Amancio
> 
> > > > > This is (IMO) bogus.  Stuff set in the kernel configuration file is no 
> > > > > easier to manipulate than sysctl variables.
> > > > 
> > > > Sure it is.  I know how things are setup in the kernel config files. I
> > > 
> > > Ah, so "easier" means "easier for me".  I think you'll find that most 
> > > people consider an interactive configuration process a lot "easier" 
> > > than having to install and build the kernel sources.
> > 
> > Actually no.  Most people are annoyed at the Linux 'interactive' process
> > once they use the FreeBSD process.
> > 
> > I can give you boatloads of email that shows this.
> > 
> > 
> > Nate
> > 
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> > 
> 
> 
> 

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