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From: gahn <ipfreak@yahoo.com>
To: Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de>
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Subject: Re: default boot option in dual-boot mode
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thanks:

it works like charm...:)

with this setting, i only need to make a choice when i
want it to boot into xp, otherwsie it just
automatically get into freebsd.

best

--- Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> wrote:

> 
> Am 08.08.2006 um 02:48 schrieb gahn:
> 
> > hi:
> >
> > how could i fix the default boot option in
> dual-boot
> > mode?
> >
> > i have a machine with both windows xp and freebsd
> 6.1.
> > it works fine with freebsd boot manager (wiht
> optios
> > of f1 for xp and f2 for freebsd when it starts).
> but i
> > would like to fix the default mode for freebsd;
> ie, if
> > i don't make a choice on either f1 or f2 keys,
> then
> > system automatically boots up as freebsd machine.
> 
> boot0 will boot into the same OS as the last time
> automatically, so  
> you don't need to do anything to boot into FreeBSD,
> if you had booted  
> into FreeBSD the last time.
> 
> If you want to *always* boot into FreeBSD,
> irrespective of the choice  
> you made the last time, you can use the boot0cfg(8)
> utility to stop  
> boot0 from remembering the last choice and stick to
> the stored  
> default. Untested:
> 
> # boot0cfg -o noupdate -s2
> 
> 
> Stefan
> 
> -- 
> Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de>   Fon +49 170 346
> 0140
> 
> 
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