Return to BSD News archive
Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!uunet!in3.uu.net!139.85.76.211!hnssysb.hns.com!usenet From: "Kapil Chowksey (Jaeger)" <kchowksey@hss.hns.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: HELP! Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 09:38:00 +0000 Organization: Hughes Software Systems Lines: 26 Message-ID: <333F85F8.5E40F032@hss.hns.com> References: <333e8ac1.64687754@news.hal-pc.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: valhalla.hss.hns.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (X11; I; Linux 1.1.59 i486) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38111 mwfurn@hal-pc.org wrote: > Why do you HAVE to mount the a: floppy drive for FreeBSD? It just > seems to me that you would want to boot your system up with the a: > drive known to the operating system. Why the extra command to mount > it? To mount the drive, you have to know the root password and I > don't want my kids to know that. The famed 'mtools' package is the answer - must be somewhere in the fbsd ports collection. Doesen't require you to manually mount drives, has a ms-dos like interface. > > When I installed the system, there were several conflicts in the > kernal. Where can I find information on how to resolve the conflicts > and do I need to resolve all the conflicts? As always, the fbsd handbook. Either recompile the kernel to remove drivers for devices you do not have or run UserConfig every time you boot up fbsd (-c at the boot: prompt). sincerely, -- Kapil Chowksey kchowksey@hss.hns.com