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From: knarf@nasim.cube.net (Frank Bartels)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: HELP!
Date: 7 May 1995 01:14:11 +0200
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Rafael Araujo (araujo@oj.rsmas.miami.edu) wrote:

>    I can't get the kernel to probe my Colorado tape drive. I've
> rebuilded the kernel several times trying different options but
> nothing worked. I have FreeBSD 2.0R and here's the piece of my
> configuration file:

You don't have to rebuild your kernel all the time. Just find a working
configuration with booting the kernel with the `-c' flag and the build
a kernel with your preferred settings as default.

> controller     fdc0    at isa? port "IO_FD1" bio irq 6 drq 2 vector fdintr
> disk            fd0     at fdc0 drive 0 
> #disk           fd1     at fdc0 drive 1
> tape            ft0     at fdc0 drive 2 

This works for me.

Bye,
Knarf
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