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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bruce.cs.monash.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!gumby!yale!yale.edu!noc.near.net!das-news.harvard.edu!honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!tk2x+ From: Timothy J Kniveton <tim+@CMU.EDU> Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: PAS16 w/ FreeBSD Date: Sat, 12 Feb 1994 04:55:32 -0500 Organization: Freshman, CIT general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 17 Message-ID: <AhL_SI600iM8Q3XWgA@andrew.cmu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: po5.andrew.cmu.edu i am trying to install my sound card for use with FreeBSD. it's a PAS 16. i put in the recommended sound device lines (for snd1,2, &3), and re-compiled the kernel. i ended up with a kernel apparently too big: it told me that it wouldn't fit in 640k and to relink for >1MB (can someone explain what linking the kernel is and how to do it?)... anyway, i recompiled again, getting rid of some stuff so the kernel would be small enough. then, i rebooted, and the boot sequence went fine. my question is this: in the boot sequence when it gives me the info about sound, is it probing the card, or just assuming that the config of the kernel is correct? also, where can i find sound utilities? and finally, i tried cat <sound.au and sound.wav> > /dev/sound and /dev/sound1 -- nothing happens. is there something else i need to do? i have EISA btw, but no EISA config came with the PAS16. any help appreciated... thanks.