Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 12:32:33 +0200 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: Garhan Attebury <firebug@eoni.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel.conf (contains di commands for devices that don't exist) Message-ID: <395099C1.77B95918@i-clue.de> References: <KEEDIEGLGEOLABJMGELIGEFPCAAA.firebug@eoni.com>
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Garhan Attebury wrote: > I'm a new FreeBSD user (RELEASE 4.0) and I just built a custom kernel for > the first time this morning. I removed various devices which I didn't need, > compiled it, and booted with it. As far as the actual kernel build goes, > everything went fine. However, I noticed that there were a lot of the > following errors when I rebooted... > > config> di sio1 > Invalid command or syntax. Type '?' for help. > > This happened for all the devices I took out of the kernel [...snip...] That's the current state of affairs. Not nice, but it causes no harm (other than a few lines per reboot in the log files) > What created kernel.conf in the first place? The kernel configuration utility, as you assumed. > I was thinking that the Kernel Configuration Utility (the visual mode > interface) was what created/modified > it, but when I tried saving the configuration from the utility, kernel.conf > didn't change. Unfortunately, the kernel configurator is not yet smart enough to remove disble lines for devices no longer in the kernel. > Also, if there isn't anything that creates/modifies kernel.conf, is there > anything wrong with what I did (set userconfig_script_load="NO") or removing > all the "di [device] entries from kernel.conf? Thanks for any help on this > in advance. You did it right -- remove the unneccessary di xxx-lines manually, or disable the script completely. Disabling the script completely may cause problems later when you have to change parts, such as a faulty ethernet card. HTH -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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