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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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