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Subject: Re: How to automate this boot process?
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BelletJr@aol.com writes:

> Due to an unresolved problem (with 5.0-Release) that prevents me from booting 
> directly from my hard drive, I boot the system with the kernel.flp floppy 
> then type the following commands in the loader:
> 
> unload kernel
> set currdev=disk2s2a
> boot boot/kernel/kernel
> 
> How can I automate this with a dedicated floppy?

5.0 questions really should be on -CURRENT, but on 4.x I would do this
by setting the commands in /boot/loader.rc...