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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Thu, 13 Feb 1997, Marty Leisner wrote:

> Wouldn't it be easier to copy the linux method of selecting the root
> device with rdev when its built into the kernel?

Isn't that what you're doing when you modify the 'kernel' line?  I'm not
familiar with kernel internals so don't get too technical :)  

> Is there a way to specify simple boot options (like root filesystem)
> without having to rebuild the kernel?

>From the Boot: prompt.  The bootblocks don't currently save any
information.  I believe this is changing, but you'd have to ask
hackers@freebsd.org.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major