Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 10:03:15 +0800 From: Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: booteasy / syslog Message-ID: <20030605100315.6b6d616e.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> In-Reply-To: <9B64E2DA-96E4-11D7-9979-0030654886A6@overdose.com> References: <9B64E2DA-96E4-11D7-9979-0030654886A6@overdose.com>
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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
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