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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: eeprom
To: graichen@axp5.physik.fu-berlin.de (Thomas Graichen)
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 11:34:56 -0700 (MST)
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> do we need this in the tree ? :-) (usr.sbin/eeprom)
> 
> EEPROM(8)               FreeBSD System Manager's Manual              EEPROM(8)
> 
> NAME
>      eeprom - openprom control utility


Yes, to support openboot.

It also looks like the correct interface to set GRUB parameters
from a running system instead of a boot configuration menu.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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