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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: kernel recompile "no one wants to mount my root for me"
Date: 13 Feb 1996 01:22:32 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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Message-ID: <4fop4o$ahl@park.uvsc.edu>
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gbernard@dbc.com (Greg Bernard) wrote:
The message in the subject line occurs if you take out all static
file system linkages. You probably want to have at *least* UFS.
] kern_sysctl.o: unreferenced '_hw_float' referenced from text segment
]
] I was narrowing down on *exactly* what caused it, but I didn't figure
] it out before I 'lost' my system, so, does anyone know what causes
] this?
If you remove the virtual floating point device npx from the
kernel config file, you lose both the hardware math coprocessor
interface *and* the math emulator. The device is mandatory,
unlike other devices in your config file.
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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