On 25 July 2012, at 23:04, Ryan Noll wrote: > Hello, > > On Jul 25, 2012 7:34 PM, "Chad Perrin" <[email protected]> wrote: >> You kids have got it easy. I used to have to compile by hand with a pair >> of tweezers, bar copper wire, a magnifying glass, and a potato with two >> pieces of metal stuck in it as a power source. > > Ha-ha... Ah those were the days..., but does anyone remember the "old" way > of building the kernel in the 2.2.8 days? I was just getting started doing > the basic system setup/admin things in those days. Back then (1998 or so) I > did not have access to broadband, so I did not even update the sources back > then, but I knew that it was a good idea to remove devices from the GENERIC > kernel that I did not have--thanks to the book by Greg Lehey. (Even though > the version of "The Complete FreeBSD" I bought is so out of date I cannot > bring myself to throw it away--it was my guide back in those days.) > > Does anyone else remember "The Complete FreeBSD"?
Its sitting in my bookshelf. Its pretty worn out though. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
