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To: Mario Doria <mariodoria@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: How to change the default bootup drive
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Mario Doria schrieb:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> When FBSD boots up, it says something like "F1 DOS, F2 FreeBSD", then
> "Default F1"
> How do I change the default slice to F2??

The default Boot Manager remembers the last OS booted as default. Other
Boot managers are configurable. An easily-available alternative is BS-OS
(on all WC CD-ROMs).

Alternatively, you may install grub.

HTH
-Christoph Sold

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