Linux in freebsd boot menu

2005-09-01 Thread ananth_g
hi, i have freebsd/linux and windows. how can i bring all on freebsd boot menu. ( its really easy to bring everything in GRUB ). is there a way to bring all the three under freebsd loader ? regrds, ananth g. ** DISCLAIMER ** Information contained and transmitted by this E-MAIL

AC97 audio not working

2005-08-10 Thread ananth_g
hi , i have an on board ac97 sound. but its not working with 5.3 stable. what kernel module should i load for using ac97 audio? kind regrds, ananth g. ** DISCLAIMER ** Information contained and transmitted by this E-MAIL is proprietary to Sify Limited and is intended for use

freebsd mount porblem

2005-04-22 Thread ananth_g
hi all, i m having trouble in mounting. I would like all users to read particular mounted directory.what option do i have to specify for making other users r/w the mounted file system? i tried uid=1001 ( the users id) in fstab under mount options but it didnt work. thanks, ananth.g

building good custom kernel

2005-04-21 Thread ananth_g
hi , i tried building the freebsd 5.3 kernel and it works fine, but can u people give me some tips regarding optimizing kernel during build, even saving a single cpu cycle would mean a lot. i would like to have a kernel that is really optimized. And what do you people do to fine tune

freebsd installation problem

2005-04-21 Thread ananth_g
hi, when i try to install freebsd 5.3 im getting the following error message in disk label editor unable to make device node for /dev/ad0s2a in /dev the creation of filesystems will be aborted. help me to join you. regrds, ananth.g ___