diff --git a/etc/etc.i386/kc.profile b/etc/etc.i386/kc.profile
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+# $Header
+#
+# rc for kernel distribution floppy
+
+PATH=/bin:/sbin
+export PATH
+
+#test=echo
+
+reboot_it() {
+	echo    ""
+	echo    "halting the machine..."
+	
+	${test} halt
+}
+
+bail_out() {
+	echo    ""
+	echo	"Time to reboot the machine!"
+	echo	"Once the machine has halted (it'll tell you when),"
+	echo	"remove the floppy from the disk drive and press"
+	echo    "any key to reboot."
+	reboot_it
+}
+
+echo    enter '"copy"' at the prompt to copy the kernel on this
+echo    floppy to your hard disk.  enter anything else to reboot,
+echo	but wait for the machine to restart to remove the floppy.
+echo    ""
+echo -n "> "
+
+read todo
+
+if [ "$todo"X = copyX ]; then
+	echo    ""
+	echo    "what disk partition should the kernel be installed on?"
+	echo    "(e.g. "wd0a", "sd0a", etc.)"
+	echo    ""
+	echo -n "> "
+	
+	read diskpart
+
+	echo    ""
+	echo    "checking the filesystem on $diskpart..."
+
+	${test} fsck -y /dev/r$diskpart
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+		echo ""
+		echo "fsck failed...  sorry, can't copy kernel..."
+		bail_out
+	fi
+
+	echo    ""
+	echo    "mounting $diskpart on /mnt..."
+
+	${test} mount /dev/$diskpart /mnt
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+		echo ""
+		echo "mount failed...  sorry, can't copy kernel..."
+		bail_out
+	fi
+
+	echo    ""
+	echo    "copying kernel..."
+
+	${test} cp /netbsd /mnt/netbsd
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+		echo ""
+		echo "copy failed...  (?!?!?!)"
+		bail_out
+	fi
+
+	echo    ""
+	echo    "unmounting $diskpart..."
+
+	${test} umount /mnt > /dev/null 2>&1
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+		echo ""
+		echo "unmount failed...  shouldn't be a problem..."
+	fi
+
+	bail_out
+fi
+
+reboot_it