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In article <1992Dec19.042928.4991@nugget.rmNUG.ORG> adam@bastille.rmnug.org writes:
>Major Uh-oh...

>You did't have him put the directory called /NextCD on your disk did you?

Well, you *can* put a /NextCD directory on your disk, *provided you change
/etc/rc.boot as well*.  This obviously won't work if you boot off the CD, but
if you boot off the CD this doesn't apply anyway.

It's only a bad idea to change the /etc/rc* files other than rc.local if you
don't know what it is you're doing and the full ramifications thereof.

Since the existance of /NextCD is checked only once near the beginning of
/etc/rc.boot, changing that directory on your hard drive won't hurt (heck,
even taking out the check on your hard drive won't hurt as it's definitely
not going to be booting from CD ROM).

Of course, one should realize they're fiddling with a standard.  There should
be a better way to determine if you're booting from a CD ROM or not than
looking for a directory; something like a disk -s /dev/rsd0a | grep removable
check or something.

>Adam Fedor, CU boulder                    | 
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