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To: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
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Subject: Re: /boot.foo madness 
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Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 07:46:16 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> Anyway, why not just suppress error messages.  That's the simplest
> solution/kludge.  None of the above three files are mandatory.  If we
> are concerned about the lack of help messages, we should provide just
> one line such as:
> 
>     Usage: bios_drive:interface(unit,partition)kernel_name options
> 
> I don't think we can cram more in the boot code.  That's basically why
> /boot.help was created in the first place, I guess.

When I suggested this obvious alternative the first time, Bruce
was violently opposed.

					Jordan