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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: SB/Mouse/Kernel
Date: 18 Nov 1995 20:25:39 GMT
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"David J. Wilson" <djw@djw.hicom.net> writes:

>	Anyway, I decided that when I recompiled my kernel (to free some
>memory, since I don't use 80% of what comes in the generic kernel), that 

Good idea, btw.

>builds/links the kernel (I believe it says "Loading kernel..." or something
>similar), and then I get a few linker errors.  They were basically saying that
>two functions that were for the Soundblaster didn't exist, and one function
>that was for the mouse didn't exist.

``basically'' is too weak here.  Quote exactly, please.

I think you forgot to add the sound device controller (snd0) for the
Soundblapper, but i don't have an idea for the psm device.

>-- also, I was just wondering...  I'm in a company that is working on a 
>   ms-dos program and I don't really have dos left, except for the
>   partition everything was on.  Is there a dos emulator out there that
>   can run this partition and run DPMI sessions?  

No, only pcemu (in the ports), but that's emulating an 8086 CPU.
-- 
cheers, J"org

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