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From: gpalmer@mutara.noc.webspan.net (Gary Palmer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: "device not configured" & other issues
Date: 18 Nov 1996 02:14:44 GMT
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In article <56m5t0$lgu@shellx.best.com>,
tporczyk@best.com (Tony Porczyk) writes:
> I've scanned through the articles and also through the FreeBSD handbook
> and the FAQs, but haven't found the answer to the question below. I am
> in the proces of evaluating a few UNIX platforms for a specifc
> commercial use, and FreeBSD seems to fit the bill nicely. However,
> after completing the installation (2.1.5, SCSI everything, P166), I can
> no longer access the CD-ROM (message says "device scd0 not configured"),
scd is the Sony CDROM driver for CDROM's which have special interface
cards. For SCSI CDROm's you are looking for `cd0' (no `s').
> nor can I use tcpdump ("device bpf0 not configured"). Does this mean I
> need to recompile the kernel to include support for those devices? If
Yes, you need to recompile the kernel in order to use tcpdump. In the
case of tcpdump, there is a clear security issue which means it's
better to be left out of default installs.
> One more bit. During the installation, out of the 25 or so packages
> chosen, a few produced an error message "cannot fetch package ...".
> Does it mean some of the packages are not included on the CD, or was it
> a retrieval error?
Due to legal reasons (cannot sell for profit, cannot put onto mass
media, only ftp, etc) some packages are not included on the
CDROM. Some can be gotten from the FTP server. Others (kermit springs
to mind) needs to be compiled by the end user. (Aside: for 2.1.5,
despite the best efforts of Satoshi Asami and myself, some ports
refused to compile, and may be the reason for some of the `missing
packages'. Sorry).
Gary