Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 11:57:36 -0700 (PDT) From: gahn <ipfreak@yahoo.com> To: Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> Cc: freebsd general questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: default boot option in dual-boot mode Message-ID: <20060809185736.28785.qmail@web52107.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <4AE9173E-6A69-4376-ADBB-E87DF4153A71@lassitu.de>
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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 > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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