Q: Wasn't DU 4.x supposed to automagically detect new hardware?

From: Guy Dallaire <gdallaire_at_gustave.revenu.gouv.qc.ca>
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 1997 10:02:29 -0400 (EDT)

Hello,

I was used to run on DU 3.x. My current client uses Digital Unix 4.0B. I
am not the system administrator here, except for a small alphaserver 1000
that we use to test some stuff in a lab.

I had to install an external tape drive and a supplementary hard disk in
that machine last week and was a bit frustrated when I discovered that you
still have to reboot with genvmunix and rebuild the kernel to enable the
new hardware.

Wasn't DU 4.x supposed to ease that process ? I don't have all the
documentation handy for that system, so I could not look into it. Is there
an easier way to add new devices ?

TIA
Received on Mon Oct 06 1997 - 16:38:04 NZDT

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