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From: Benedict J Mckenzie-Ibbs <ibbs@newscientist.net>
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as i remember, this example is actually given in the usage man page. i
would advise anyone setting up a system to read this carefully, as it
contains many useful suggestions.

Adrian Dewhurst wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> > Yes
> > I beleive it's something like
> > main() { trap 100 boot; menu}
> > in the boot monitor.
> > This will wait 100msec and then boot up.
> Yes, in the boot manager (press esc instead of =), if you type
> 
> main() {trap 100 boot;menu}
> 
> and then type
> 
> save
> 
> It will forever do what you want (I made my computer do the exact same
> thing, and I have it set to a 5000ms delay, so that if I ever need to use
> the boot manager, then I can).

