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Date:      Tue, 29 Sep 1998 07:09:42 -0000 (GMT)
From:      Francisco Reyes <francisco@natserv.com>
To:        Anders <gollum@rdc.cl>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: Boot Manager Configuration.
Message-ID:  <199809291109.HAA18258@federation.addy.com>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980928234937.007c76f0@rdc.cl>

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On 29-Sep-98 Anders wrote:
 
> Is there any way to configure the "Booteasy" FreeBSD boot manager so it
> could perhaps pause and/or wait indefinetely instead of booting the last
> booted OS? What about changing the default OS so that, for example,
> FreeBSD is always booted by default instead of Win98, no matter what
>booted last..?

I have asked this question at leat 4 times to this list.
Have NEVER got a single answer. :-(
I have also asked where the souce is so I could do the changes myself. No
replies either.


> If there are no ways to configure the boot manager, will other boot
> managers work with FreeBSD? What about the OS/2 Boot Manager?

The OS/2 boot manager works, but has a problem of it's own. It uses a
whole partition for itself. On a PC you can only have 4 partitions per
physical HD.

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