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From: bherd@zeus.jersey.net (Bil Herd)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: kernel switches, what are they?
Date: 31 Oct 1995 03:15:13 GMT
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Where can the description of the boot time kernel switches be found?  I 
know that the -c switch is used to configure the probe parameters.  Is 
there a way to specify the root filesystem such as a second floppy, etc.

Thanks,

Bil Herd