Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 14:11:23 -0500 From: Paul Root <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Leif Neland <leifn@swimsuit.roskildebc.dk>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot-manager control Message-ID: <344666DB.A5160E20@iaces.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971016101249.2112I-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Doug White wrote: > > On 14 Oct 1997, Leif Neland wrote: > > > I have a pc, which I need to run both dos and fbsd. > > > > Is it possible to alter the default system, the machine boots with, > > instead of "press F1 for Dos, F3 for FreeBSD", so I have to be around? > > > > I want to from a cronjob say "set_next_boot_to dos", then reboot. > > Booteasy isn't this hackable, unfortunately, unless you can figure out > where the default option is stored in the botblock, then have a program > modify that. Booteasy's source is included on the CDROM or ftp site in > tools/src/. Try OSBS-beta from tools. It's is highly configurable. I like it a lot.
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