Re: Config devices not in machine

2001-07-04 Thread Terry Lambert
Mike Smith wrote: > Is there ANY penalty for having a device in your config file > that is not in your system?? Yes. It can take I/O bus resources, IRQs, and memory that might otherwise be put to better use. > I am inheriting a 40 machine laboratory. My predecessor > decided to go to a single c

Re: Config devices not in machine

2001-07-03 Thread Julian Elischer
On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Mike Smith wrote: > I'm new to FreeBSD (come from the *gasp* System V and RTU world) so I > hope this is the correct list for this. ( I'm sure I will be told if > it's not :-} ) You probably should ahve asked in "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" as it's not a very technical question, but

Re: Config devices not in machine

2001-07-03 Thread Matthew D. Fuller
On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 12:26:58PM -0400, a little birdie told me that Mike Smith remarked > I'm new to FreeBSD (come from the *gasp* System V and RTU world) so I > hope this is the correct list for this. ( I'm sure I will be told if > it's not :-} ) > > Is there ANY penalty for having a device i

Config devices not in machine

2001-07-03 Thread Mike Smith
I'm new to FreeBSD (come from the *gasp* System V and RTU world) so I hope this is the correct list for this. ( I'm sure I will be told if it's not :-} ) Is there ANY penalty for having a device in your config file that is not in your system?? I am inheriting a 40 machine laboratory. My predeces