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From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com>
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Subject: Re: Problems with booting & MBR
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Gary W. Swearingen wrote:

>If you're sticking to FreeBSD's boot0 MBR, you'll have to put one on
>each disk.  I don't know if boot0 can remember "F5" as the default
>choice for auto-booting or not.  But one way or another the first
>disk's boot0 needs to use "F5" to start the second disk's MBR/boot0
>which needs to use "F2" by hand or from boot0cfg config.
>  
>
Yes, it does.  I believe it picks F5 when all the partitions before it 
are not set to boot.  Once you've done the right sequence once, the 
machine will boot the same until interfered with.

--Alex