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From: adrian@cs.wm.edu (Adrian Filipi-Martin)
Subject: Re: FreeBSD: Compiling a New Kernal.
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Date: Tue, 11 Jan 1994 16:21:21 GMT
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In article <1994Jan11.151100.16584@ericsson.se> etllnfr@bugs.ericsson.se (Lyndon Fletcher) writes:
>Hi,
>    Just got FreeBSD up and running on my machine. I would like to make a new
>kernal so that I can change the IRQs, DMAs etc of some of my cards as they don't
>match the GENERIC configuration.
>
>I have the source code for the kernal and I have configure. How do I proceed
>from here???
>

	There is a pretty good description in the FAQ. Here's how to
get it if you can't find it on comp.os.386bsd.annonunce or
comp.answers.

>        To get the absolutely most up-to-date (like to the minute) FAQ
>        set, you will need access to anonymous FTP.  FTP to 
>        hrd769.brooks.af.mil and get the entire set out of ~/pub/FAQ.
>        I have implemented the advanced FTP server, so you can request
>        the files be compressed and/or tarred.  The file 'master.index' 
>        is the list of all of the questions in the entire set.  It is
>        included in FAQ_00 (below).
>

cheers,

	Adrian

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