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authorNiels Provos <provos@cvs.openbsd.org>1999-10-18 06:25:14 +0000
committerNiels Provos <provos@cvs.openbsd.org>1999-10-18 06:25:14 +0000
commitb7a2e2ac5a85882661dffc7fb412d6b9530f1e7b (patch)
treee51fa790d6402b1dc8cd6f71a87aa7d2290512a5 /share
parent29d5f6442dec88dc4298faa38104a16a764bc5d9 (diff)
talk about config -e
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diff --git a/share/man/man8/afterboot.8 b/share/man/man8/afterboot.8
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+++ b/share/man/man8/afterboot.8
@@ -671,6 +671,22 @@ Most people save their backup kernels as
.Pa /bsd.1 ,
.Pa /bsd.2 ,
etc.
+.Pp
+It is not always necessary to recompile the kernel if only
+configuration changes are required.
+With
+.Xr config 8 ,
+you can change the device configuration in the kernel file directly:
+.Bd -literal
+.Li #\ Ic config Fl e o Ar bsd.new /bsd
+OpenBSD 2.6-beta (GENERIC.rz0) #0: Mon Oct 4 03:57:22 MEST 1999
+ root@winona:/usr/src/sys/arch/pmax/compile/GENERIC.rz0
+Enter 'help' for information
+ukc>
+.Pp
+Additionally, you can permantly save the changes made with UKC during boot
+time in the kernel image.
+.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr chgrp 1 ,
.Xr chmod 1 ,