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 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > > > > -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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