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From: phil@rivendell.apana.org.au (Phil Homewood)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Kernel compiling and some other questions.
Date: 28 Oct 1994 01:17:36 +1000
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Paul Quinn (p_quinn@ECE.Concordia.CA) wrote:
: - In order to modify the kernel I edit /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/SYSCONS. I then
: type config SYSCONS and cd /usr/src/sys/compile/SYSCONS. Now if I do a make
: depend something compiles. What exactly does make depend do? It doesn't seem
: to change my kernel. If on the other hand I do make. I then get a new kernel
: that I can copy to / and reboot. The changes seem to be there.
make depend only generates the dependency rules (what part of the
source depends on what other parts). It doesn't actually 'compile'
anything.
: - I have two HD's. Drive one is and IDE and drive two SCSI. I boot OS/2
: bootmanager from the IIDE and then select my OS. When I select BSD, I get
: a message saying to enter hd(1,a)/386bsd if I want to boot BSD from a second
: drive. How do I make my kernel so that it defaults to booting the kernel
: off the SCSI?
I'm not up on IDE+SCSI systems. Julian? Anyone?
: - One last simple question: I have 8 virtual consoles. How do I switch
: between them?
Alt+F[1-8].
Make sure there's entries in /etc/ttys for them first though :-)
Cheers,
Phil.
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Phil Homewood phil@rivendell.apana.org.au
APANA Brisbane Regional Co-Ordinator brisbane@apana.org.au
"I got nothing to say I ain't said before
I bled all I can, I won't bleed no more"