There are two ways:
1. Enter shell entries for unitcontrol in the user-startup.
Read the documentation for command line switches.
2. Search aminet for a program that will set those parameter
flags on the RDB. I wish I could remember the name, but
I have used it successfully.
You are right, using the boot menu to changes those parameters
is fairly useless. I have used both of the above methods with
success.
C Snyder