From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 29 08:27:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA19879 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 29 May 1997 08:27:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailhost.PII.COM (pii.com [192.77.209.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id IAA19872 for ; Thu, 29 May 1997 08:27:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from PII.COM by PII.COM (4.1/SMI-4.4) id AA05151; Thu, 29 May 97 08:30:43 PDT Received: from PII-Message_Server by pii.com with Novell_GroupWise; Thu, 29 May 1997 08:35:00 -0700 Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 4.1 Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 08:25:15 -0700 From: Robert Clark To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, web@merit.edu Subject: boot easy query (FreeBSD) -Reply Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Yes, Please try OSBS. The beta 8 version is really nice. (Its a friendly, DOS based utility, much like booteasy.) Fbsdboot is also really nice, it is a DOS program that loads the kernel from c:. This allow a PC to autoswitch between DOS & FreeBSD. If you must run some batch able DOS programs for example: on the freebsd side (a cron job perhaps) mount_msdos /dev/whatever /mnt touch /mnt/rundos.flg umount /mnt shutdown -r now on the DOS side (in autoexec.bat) if exist c:\rundos.flg goto skip c:\fbsdboot -D c:\fbsd222.krn :skip del c:\rundos.flg rem dos goes on from here rem remember to run boot at the end of you batch files [RC] >>> William Bulley 05/29/97 06:09am >>> Is there any utility/tool in all of the FreeBSD vastness to allow the after-the-fact (post-installation) re-installation of the boot manager (F1 == DOS, F2 == FreeeBSD) "Boot Easy" utility? After I installed FreeBSD, I had to re-install Windows 95 and (thanks to Bill Gates) it overwrote the FreeBSD installation of the "Boot Easy" thingy. So, I eventually ended up re-installing FreeBSD -- ugly, so I was hoping there was an easier way. BTW, I did check the FAQ and didn't see anything (plus I looked for files with *boot* in the name in the man pages: sections one and eight, but no joy...) :-( Regards, web... -- William Bulley Email: web@merit.edu Merit Network Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan