From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 19 07:21:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA17790 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 19 Jul 1998 07:21:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA (harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA [132.204.2.102]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA17785 for ; Sun, 19 Jul 1998 07:21:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA) Received: from epsom.jsp.umontreal.ca (epsom.JSP.UMontreal.CA [132.204.45.25]) by harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA25846; Sun, 19 Jul 1998 10:21:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: from outpost.nada.org (derby.jsp.umontreal.ca [132.204.45.26]) by epsom.jsp.umontreal.ca via SMTP (951211.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH1502/JSP1789) id KAA00919; Sun, 19 Jul 1998 10:21:24 -0400 Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 10:23:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Spidey X-Sender: beaupran@outpost.nada.org To: Max Anderson cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot: question.. should be an eazy one.. In-Reply-To: <35B1631B.593AFCDB@engr.latech.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 18 Jul 1998, Max Anderson wrote: > I know this is probably the silliest question, but I have my kernel on > 1:wd(2,a)kernel > how do I get it to auto boot from there when I reboot?? there has to be > a way.. I tried the way in the kernel, but it didn't do anything to the > "boot:" thing, it auto boots from 1:wd(1,a)kernel I don't know what is the "kernel way", but I know that you can set your boot message and boot defaults in the files /boot.help and /boot.config (in that order). See man boot. > Thanks! no problemo! Spidey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message