Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 00:36:39 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Jeff Blaufuss <Jeff_Blaufuss@ndsu.nodak.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: FreeBSD boot menu and multiple drives Message-ID: <XFMail.001202003639.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <3A2885C6.3416AA37@ndsu.nodak.edu>
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On 02-Dec-00 Jeff Blaufuss wrote: > I am getting a new scsi hard drive in addition to the ATA drive already > in my computer. I plan to have Windows boot off the ATA disk and > FreeBSD boot off the scsi one. Will I be able to choose between FreeBSD > and windows with the boot menu when the OSes are on different drives, or > will I have to go into the BIOS each time I want to swich OSes and > change the boot disk order? You can chooose, but you will need to install the FreeBSD Boot Manager on the _first_ disk. You can do this with boot0cfg after installing. See the boot0cfg(8) manpage. > I am Running FreeBSD 4.1. > > Jeff Blaufuss -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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