Re: changing the default boot up option

To: Andrew Gould <andrewlylegould%gmail.com@localhost>
Subject: Re: changing the default boot up option
From: Steven Bellovin <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:48:24 -0500

On Nov 24, 2009, at 10:45 AM, Andrew Gould wrote:

> I installed NetBSD 5.0.1 on a Dell Dimension 8100 last night.  Boot up
> is successful only if I choose option 4: No ACPI, No SMP.  The default
> boot up option includes ACPI and SMP.
> 
> How can I change the default boot option to exclude ACPI and SMP?
> 
Edit /boot.cfg and change the 'default' line.

                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb

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