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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: Auto Boot from third hard disk
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On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, TS Tsang wrote:

> My FreeBSD is currently booting from third hard disk. Everything when
> it reboot, I typed in sd(3,a)/kernel when the Boot: message appear. If
> not, the system will boot from defualt and hang. Is it possible for me
> to set it so that it will automatically boot from sd(3,a)/kernel so I
> can reboot it without attention?  Thanks.

If you're on decently recent boot blocks, create /boot.config and put
'sd(3,a)/kernel' in it.

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