diff --git a/etc/inc/config.inc b/etc/inc/config.inc
index 790fbc1d7f..917f3a07bb 100644
--- a/etc/inc/config.inc
+++ b/etc/inc/config.inc
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ else if ($g['booting'] and !file_exists($g['cf_conf_path'] . "/config.xml")  ) {
 		if (strstr($g['platform'], "cdrom")) {
 			/* config is on floppy disk for CD-ROM version */
 			$cfgdevice = $cfgpartition = "fd0";
-			$dmesg = `dmesg -a`;
+			$_gb = exec('/sbin/dmesg -a', $dmesg);
 			if(preg_match("/da0/", $dmesg) == true) {
 				$cfgdevice = $cfgpartition = "da0" ;
 				if (mwexec("/sbin/mount -r /dev/{$cfgdevice} /cf")) {