On Fri, 1 Jan 1999, David Harvill wrote:
> This may not be related, but when you recompile the kernel, it asks if
> you want to inlude dummy support. I'm not really clear on what it does,
> but it may be related to your problem. I know that it is only required
> occasionally, so it may not be compiled into your kernel.
I think the dummy support in the kernel configuration is for networking
(i.e., for making a faked network connection when your SLIP or PPP
connection isn't up).
Brett W. McCoy
http://www.lan2wan.com/~bmccoy/
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