From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 1 22:30:16 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2B3037B400 for ; Mon, 1 Jul 2002 22:30:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cpimssmtpu01.email.msn.com (cpimssmtpu01.email.msn.com [207.46.181.77]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CD4943E13 for ; Mon, 1 Jul 2002 22:30:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from aburke@nullplusone.com) Received: from thebe ([67.24.227.81]) by cpimssmtpu01.email.msn.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.4905); Mon, 1 Jul 2002 22:29:23 -0700 From: "Aaron Burke" To: "Peter Leftwich" Cc: "FreeBSD-Questions" Subject: RE: MBR Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 22:29:12 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: <20020701200128.G400-100000@66-75-1-142.san.rr.com> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Jul 2002 05:29:23.0873 (UTC) FILETIME=[6CC2B110:01C22189] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Peter Leftwich > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 08:06 PM > To: FreeBSD Questions LIST > Subject: MBR > > > When I boot my FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE computer, I get a menu that says > F1 DOS > F2 FreeBSD > F3 FreeBSD > F4 FreeBSD > F2 is the same thing as /dev/ad0s2a BUT I want the computer to boot *every > time* right into FreeBSD without prompting me. What are the > steps to set that? To remove the boot manager I used /usr/sbin/boot0cfg. It should be installed on the system. I dont remember the exact command, but man boot0cfg. Its as easy as specifying the disk. Login as root and use: urMachine# boot0cfg -B /dev/ad0 or something. > > -- > Peter Leftwich > President & Founder > Video2Video Services > Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA > +1-413-403-9555 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message