From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Dec 7 06:41:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA03623 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 06:41:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pacific.net (pacific.pacific.net [199.4.80.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA03614 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 06:41:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ufkartfm@pacific.net) Received: from pacific.net (slime-lake.pacific.net [209.209.2.250]) by pacific.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id GAA08664 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 06:41:23 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <366B78AE.66D3680F@pacific.net> Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 06:41:50 +0000 From: curtis Organization: Flying Snail Ranch X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Multia - FreeBSD/axp - boot.conf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I found that putting boot.conf in /boot (on the Multia) will speed up the hard disk boot process and eliminates having to press enter or wait for a countdown. (smile - in other words, it saves an extra step) multia# pwd /boot multia# ls -l boot.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 20 Dec 7 14:22 boot.conf multia# cat boot.conf @load /kernel @boot -- curtis - ufkartfm@pacific.net - site administrator for Nobody I want Nobody to control my life! How about you? http://www.netvideo.com/nobody To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message