Date: Sun, 01 Mar 1998 13:33:10 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot manager w/ freebsd Message-ID: <199803012133.NAA09811@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 02 Mar 1998 01:19:32 %2B1100." <199803011419.GAA17299@hub.freebsd.org>
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> > The boot manager used with freebsd 2.2.x usually presents one with a menu > of F-keys for each partition which can be booted from. > > When there are two disks on the system, there'll be an extra to goto > the second disk and back again. > > When there are three disks on the system, you can only boot from the > first (no option to goto the second or third disk is given). > > Is this fixable ? It needs someone with the Booteasy source code, and whatever tool(s) were used to build it. Note that it won't present you with a list of more than 2 drives, even if it is fixed. If you want that functionality, you will need to install something slightly smarter like OS-BS. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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