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From: gary@palmer.demon.co.uk (Gary Palmer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Q: How to automatically boot from chosen kernel?
Date: 19 Oct 1995 21:33:49 +0100
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In article <DGp99H.587@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>,
Carsten Whimster <bcrwhims@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
>When my machine boots, I have to press Enter to boot the most recently
>booted kernel. I would like to be able to skip this step. How do I
>make it boot automatically?

If you don't touch the keyboard for a few seconds, it should automatically
boot into /kernel ...

If it doesn't boot after a few seconds, then we'll need to know more
information on your system.

Gary