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Date:      Sun, 10 Jan 1999 12:22:28 +0200 (SAT)
From:      Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>
To:        mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith)
Cc:        rnordier@nordier.com, jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, mike@smith.net.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: /boot/boot.conf -> /boot/boot.rc
Message-ID:  <199901101022.MAA09078@ceia.nordier.com>
In-Reply-To: <199901101006.CAA04985@dingo.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Jan 10, 99 02:06:21 am"

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Mike Smith wrote:

> > Since this has come up, I'd also be in favor of the following:
> > 
> >     /boot.config  -> /boot/boot2.conf
> >     /boot.help    -> /boot/boot2.help
> > 
> > This makes the boot.* files seem appropriately less important (they
> > *are* less important) and also cleans up / a little.
> > 
> > There tends to be confusion over the function and purpose of the
> > various new boot bits and pieces, so this is probably worth doing.
> 
> I'd remove boot.help and any support for it completely.  This has 
> become a 'wizard' function.  Moving boot2.conf sounds like a good idea 
> to me.

That seems reasonable.  The boot.help file is not currently being
built anyway, since biosboot was excluded.

-- 
Robert Nordier

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