From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 16 00:29:53 2004 Return-Path: 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 773FD16A4CE for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 00:29:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A76743D73 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 00:29:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1])i0G8Tjfn055703 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 16 Jan 2004 08:29:45 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i0G8TiGk055702; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 08:29:44 GMT (envelope-from matthew) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 08:29:44 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: Eric Rivas Message-ID: <20040116082944.GB55150@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Eric Rivas , questions@freebsd.org References: <20040115212648.6075d019.ericr@sourmilk.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040115212648.6075d019.ericr@sourmilk.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.61 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.61 (1.212.2.1-2003-12-09-exp) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Remove Boot Manger X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 08:29:53 -0000 --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 09:26:48PM -0500, Eric Rivas wrote: > I previously dual-booted Windows and FreeBSD with two hard disks, > Windows on the first, FreeBSD on the seconds. After realizing that I > never booted into Windows anymore, I swaped master/slave setting on the > disk and fdisk, bsdlabel, etc. the previously Windows disk and now > happily have a new disk for FreeBSD. The thing is now, I have the boot > manager asking which OS to boot (F1 FreeBSD...). Being that I only > have one OS on the system, I don't need it anymore. Anyone have any tip > on how to get rid of the boot manager. To get rid of the FreeBSD boot manager: # fdisk -B -b /boot/mbr ad0 # fdisk -B -b /boot/mbr ad1 However, if you swap master and slave drives on your system, you need to edit the /etc/fstab file first, or FreeBSD won't be able to find it's filesystems and so won't boot. It is possible to fix /etc/fstab after swapping the drives by various means, but it's usually quite an involved process. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAB6D4dtESqEQa7a0RArH6AJ9pI8Ds3WTpexrZ7eCY5KWz+om93wCeLkgc GVTOLQ9Iz+oLTdW5N0PEsqI= =sHwq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS--