Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 10:33:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Berend de Boer <100120.3121@CompuServe.COM> Cc: freebsd-install <freebsd-install@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: add kernel.ATAPI to install CD-Rom Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960429103149.18326B-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <960429080117_100120.3121_EHQ116-2@CompuServe.COM>
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On 29 Apr 1996, Berend de Boer wrote: > I think it's wise to add a kernel.ATAPI to the CD-Rom and in the installation > script make this kernel the default if people are installing from a ATAPI > CD-Rom. Not too bad of an idea. Or just include it in GENERIC (bloat it even more than it already is). > Else you can install from CD-Rom and as soon as you boot, your CD-Rom is > inaccessible. And if you did not install the sources, you even can't recompile > the kernel (I think) to add CD-Rom support. If you can't do that, then how have people been getting atapi support after installation? :-) If you install the sources, you can build a kernel without any further need of the cd. Look in LINT for the appropriate ATAPI options. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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