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From: kg@gnusys.GUN.de (Klaus Guhr)
Subject: Re: NetBSD boot block setup
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Date: Mon, 17 May 1993 14:53:30 GMT
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Paul Southworth (pauls@css.itd.umich.edu) wrote:
: How do I set up NetBSD to only look for a kernel on wd0a and never ask me
: if I want to find another one?  There appear to be no manpages for bootxx
: or xxboot files in /usr/mdec, and the notes in /usr/src/sys.386bsd/i386/boot
: don't seem very descriptive.

: Also, BTW, apropos finds an entry for installboot.8 but that doesn't seem
: to exist as a man page or as a binary.

Use GENEIRCISA to configure and comment 'options wd1" out. Recompile the kernel.

Ciao,
     Klaus

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