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From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Changing boot drive
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 19:07:50 -0800
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To: William Epp <wre@ix.netcom.com>
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William Epp wrote:

> Currently have to type '1:wd(2,a)kernel' at the boot: prompt, thought
[...]

the default comes from the bootblocks
you need to compile aspecial version of those
and install then (using disklabel -B)