Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:05:11 +0200 From: Patrick Proniewski <patpro@patpro.net> To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: freebsd boot manager Message-ID: <396AA358-5DB7-4182-8FCC-D6AA80B542A7@patpro.net>
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--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--
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