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Date:      Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:13:11 +0800
From:      Eugene Grosbein <eugen@kuzbass.ru>
To:        "Wu, Yue" <vanopen@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Use n instead of Fn for choosing the OS when booting?
Message-ID:  <20090622131311.GA39134@svzserv.kemerovo.su>
In-Reply-To: <20090622123938.GA794@fbsd.hasee.cpu>
References:  <20090622123938.GA794@fbsd.hasee.cpu>

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On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 08:39:38PM +0800, Wu, Yue wrote:

> Freebsd uses Fn to choose Nth OS on the disk, I have installed FreeBSD on the
> second slice of disk, so I use F2 to choose it, but sometimes I hit F2
> occasionally before the boot menu is up, and F2 is my notebook for entering
> the setup menu, so I go into BIOS setup menu, it's annoying me sometimes, so
> I think why not use number key(0~9) instead of F1~F12 for choosing OS?

In fact, BootEasy does use both - F-keys and number keys,
just give it a try.

Eugene Grosbein



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