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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: bde@freebsd.org, jkh@time.cdrom.com
Subject: Re: "Can't find file boot.config ... Can't find file boot.help"
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>The 2.2 and 3.0 installation floppies now puke this up at boot-time
>(as of yesterday's bits) with these two messages.

Only mis-installed versions of -current should complain.  This feature
isn't in 2.2.

>Any chance of simply making the failure silent?  I don't see this
>additional bit of verbiage as a step forward, from a user support
>perspective. :-)

No.  The files aren't really optional.

Bruce