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Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 10:03:15 +0800
From: Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net>
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Subject: Re: booteasy / syslog
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On Thu, 5 Jun 2003 00:31:03 +0100
Matthew Ryan <matt@overdose.com> wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> Does anybody know how i can configure booteasy not to remember the last 
> choice i made. I would like it to default to one particular boot (XP in 
> fact), so that my 5 year old does not occasionally find himself looking 
> at a FreeBSD login prompt.
> 
> Failing that, can anyone recommend an alternative boot manager.

GRUB is good. A very informative article about GRUB can be found here:

  http://www2.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/issue85/4622.html

If you decide to use GRUB, you'll need a few lines in /boot/grub/menu.lst to load FBSD - the following is what I have:

  title FreeBSD
  root (hd0,1,a)
  kernel /boot/loader
  boot

Obviously, the second line will vary depending on which partition you've installed FBSD.

And if you've got Windows on the first partition:

  title Windows
	rootnoverify (hd0,0)
	chainloader +1


I suggest you download the GRUB boot floppy and experiment with that before deciding if you want to install it to your MBR.

hope this helps,
Robert