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Date:      Tue, 11 Nov 1997 16:04:46 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chuck <crtb@capecod.net>
To:        jlemon@americantv.com
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Gawd!  Am I a newbie forever?
Message-ID:  <199711112104.QAA00910@capecod.net>

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jlemon@americantv.com  sez:
>On Nov 11, 1997 at 12:53:38PM -0500, Chuck wrote:
>> Just when I thought I had the hang of it :-(
>> 
>> Whenever I boot one of my two 2.2.2R systems, I get the configuration
>> menu before the boot continues.  I have to hit return to finish the
>> boot.  The other system boots cleanly.
>> 
>> I can't find anything in the configuration menu which says to turn the
>> damn thing off!  The system is completely configured, runs like a top,
>> and yet .. I can't boot hands off.  If I shutdown -r now, and come back
>> ten minutes later, it's sitting there in that silly menu offering me
>> three choices, the first of which gets the boot rolling.
>
>Try checking /boot.config; this contains default options that are passed
>to `boot' when it comes up.  It sounds like you have ``-c'' in this file,
>which would always drop you in the UserConfig menu on a reboot.
>--
>Jonathan

Sorry, there isn't any /boot.config.  The root directory has no plain
files except for /kernel*, .cshrc, .profile, COPYRIGHT and new-registration.
The dotfiles are unexceptional.  --Yes, finding something like a file
named /boot.config would be a dead giveaway!
	Chuck



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