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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!utnut!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!jacques From: jacques@helios.physics.utoronto.ca (Jacques Legare) Subject: FreeBSD -s -a -d prompt Message-ID: <CstyyM.Ay@helios.physics.utoronto.ca> Sender: news@helios.physics.utoronto.ca (News Administrator) Organization: University of Toronto Physics/Astronomy/CITA Date: Tue, 12 Jul 1994 14:01:33 GMT Lines: 13 I haven't found any explanation of the prompt FreeBSD gives at bootup. The choices are aparently -a, -s and -d. Choosing any one a few times seems to cycle through backup versions of the kernel (i.e.: vmunix, ovmunix, 386BSD and o386bsd). There is also an offhand mention in ver. 1.1 of the FAQ that choosing -s will reinstate the extract shell program. OK that's all I know. Can someone please tell me the full story about this prompt? Or if there is a doc about it somewhere can you please point me to it? Reply by mail to pnadeau@footprint.com. Adv-Thanks-ance