From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Mar 1 13:36:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA07129 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 13:36:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA07090 for ; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 13:36:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA09811; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 13:33:12 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199803012133.NAA09811@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Darren Reed cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot manager w/ freebsd In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 02 Mar 1998 01:19:32 +1100." <199803011419.GAA17299@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 01 Mar 1998 13:33:10 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > 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