Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 08:55:58 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: Francisco Reyes <francisco@natserv.com> Cc: Anders <gollum@rdc.cl>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Boot Manager Configuration. Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.4.02.9809300853300.3119-100000@tui.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <199809291109.HAA18258@federation.addy.com>
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On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Francisco Reyes wrote:
> 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 you guys have the CDROM's from Walnut Creek, there's an alternative
boot-manager on it call osbs-beta in the the tools subdir (?), that
does exactly what you want. You can configure the name and delay time
as well. I definitely recommend it over BootEasy.
Jonathan Chen
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