From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 13 13:31:27 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C131106567D for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:31:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from patpro@patpro.net) Received: from smtp.univ-lyon2.fr (smtp.univ-lyon2.fr [159.84.143.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07E458FC12 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:31:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from patpro@patpro.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.univ-lyon2.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 262F07BCAA7F for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:05:15 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at univ-lyon2.fr Received: from smtp.univ-lyon2.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.univ-lyon2.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id dnghYJ6NMLWL for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:05:11 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [159.84.148.59] (unknown [159.84.148.59]) by smtp.univ-lyon2.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CCC37BCAA6E for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:05:11 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <396AA358-5DB7-4182-8FCC-D6AA80B542A7@patpro.net> From: Patrick Proniewski To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Apple-Mail-11-979393979; micalg=sha1; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v924) Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:05:11 +0200 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.924) X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: freebsd boot manager X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:31:27 -0000 --Apple-Mail-11-979393979 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, I'm running FreeBSD 6.3 on intel. My box has 2 HDs (SATA). FreeBSD is installed on the first SATA HD. At boot time, I'm prompted with the FreeBSD bootmanager interface (F1 : FreeBSD, F5 : Drive 1) I have plugged a CF card on a dedicated slot of the motherboard (Tyan i7520SD), and installed a nanoBSD on this compact flash card. Now I want many things: - being able to choose between my SATA bootable HD and the CF, at boot time, whatever system was previously booted (SATA or CF) - the box must always boot by default on the SATA HD - in case SATA is not available (HD failure, ...), the box must boot on the CF card. So my first question is: is it possible? My second question is: how do I make this happen? I can't find any relevant explanation about manipulations/settings of the FreeBSD bootmanager, and I've asked my questions on french usenet group with no luck, so I'm quite lost. Any help greatly appreciated. patpro --Apple-Mail-11-979393979--