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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Dave Blizzard <dblizzar@sprynet.com>
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Subject: Re: new boot syntax
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On Mon, 16 Sep 1996, Dave Blizzard wrote:

> Could someone please post the new syntax for the boot command. The handbook
> has not been updated either.
> 
> eg: 3:sd(1,a)/kernel
> 
> Also:
> Is there a typo on the boot prompt as it says:
> 
> 1:sd0(1,a)kernel   ie: no / before the kernel?

The slash should be there.

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