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Date:      Mon, 7 Dec 1998 06:45:11 -0800 (PST)
From:      dima@best.net (Dima Ruban)
To:        ufkartfm@pacific.net (curtis)
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Multia - FreeBSD/axp - boot.conf
Message-ID:  <199812071445.GAA96384@burka.rdy.com>
In-Reply-To: <366B78AE.66D3680F@pacific.net> from curtis at "Dec 7, 1998  6:41:50 am"

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curtis writes:
> I found that putting boot.conf in /boot (on the Multia) will speed up
> the hard disk boot process and eliminates having to press enter or wait
> for a countdown.  (smile - in other words, it saves an extra step)
> 
> multia# pwd
> /boot
> multia# ls -l boot.conf
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  20 Dec  7 14:22 boot.conf
> multia# cat boot.conf
> @load /kernel
> @boot

The problem with config like this is: if somehow you break /kernel -
you screwed. You won't be able to anything. System will try to load
your broken kernel no matter what.

>   
> -- 
> curtis - ufkartfm@pacific.net - site administrator for Nobody
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