On Sat, 02 May 2009 21:26:05 -0600 Theo de Raadt

 wrote:
> > Another way would be through creating/editing /etc/boot.conf and

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> > having an entry for the mp kernel

> > ex:  boot wd0a:/bsd.mp

> >

> > where wd0a is your root partition.

>

> I recommend against that.

>

> Firstly, one developer has already been fried on an upgrade using the

> -current bsd.rd

>

> Secondly, it is not portable to all our architectures, so why do it?

> 

Thirdly, it should be removed. The new installer destined for 4.6

already does the right thing, so the i386\amd64 specific etc/boot.conf

hack is redundant and leads to confusion.
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J.C. Roberts