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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: kernel -c using 2.2.1
Date: Sat, 05 Apr 1997 20:09:12 -0800
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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To: "Steven C. Lin" <sclin@leland.stanford.edu>
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Steven C. Lin wrote:
> 
> After upgrading to 2.2.1, it seems that the "-c" option, used at the
> "Boot:" prompt to enter the config mode before probing all the devices,
> no longer works.  When I enter "-c", everything gets probed and loads up
> like normal, all the way to the "login:" prompt.

Is this running GENERIC or your own kernel?  If it's your own kernel,
did you remember to compile with options USERCONFIG and
VISUAL_USERCONFIG?
-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM.