From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 9 08:28:09 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54BB316A41C for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 08:28:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hampi@rootshell.be) Received: from obelix.sunrise.ch (mailrelay3.sunrise.ch [194.158.229.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B419343D1D for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 08:28:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hampi@rootshell.be) Received: from gicco.homeip.net (pop-ls-8-1-dialup-20.freesurf.ch [194.230.243.20]) by obelix.sunrise.ch (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j598S5aY012627 for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 10:28:06 +0200 Received: from gicco.here (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gicco.homeip.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j598Rxja001998 for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 10:27:59 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from hampi@rootshell.be) Received: (from idefix@localhost) by gicco.here (8.13.1/8.12.11/Submit) id j598Rxti001997 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 10:27:59 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from hampi@rootshell.be) X-Authentication-Warning: gicco.here: idefix set sender to hampi@rootshell.be using -f Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 10:27:59 +0200 From: Hanspeter Roth To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050609082759.GA1851@gicco.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <0DF7FF668F71A2B85D47F59B@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <5ef8c2f00506081229384d1be8@mail.gmail.com> <5ef8c2f005060813423f7728c0@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5ef8c2f005060813423f7728c0@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Re: Editing the boot menu X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 08:28:09 -0000 On Jun 08 at 17:42, Jos de Paula Rodrigues spoke: > Did you try using Grub instead? It now supports UFS2, and is a great > bootloader, with lots of features. You can find it in your ports tree. Grub is heavy. The FreeBsd boot selector is much more efficient. It is more suited for an old laptop. The FreeBsd boot selector allows a one keystroke selection. Grub forces you to press arrow keys until the curser is over the desired option. I put the FreeBsd boot selector into the MBR and for Linux Grub or Lilo into a primary or extended slice (partition). -Hanspeter