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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: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 21:44:25 -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

Is this with the generic kernel or something you built yourself?  It
should work fine with the GENERIC kernel and in any custom kernel
compiled with options USERCONFIG and options VISUAL_USERCONFIG
-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM.