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Date:      Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:15:19 +0100
From:      Erik Cederstrand <erik@cederstrand.dk>
To:        Andrew Boyer <aboyer@averesystems.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Idea for change to boot0
Message-ID:  <EB614132-80B4-4FA0-8ED5-287FE69B2AC4@cederstrand.dk>
In-Reply-To: <94847CD1-4361-424C-A2F6-75CAE918E2A9@averesystems.com>
References:  <94847CD1-4361-424C-A2F6-75CAE918E2A9@averesystems.com>

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Den 15/12/2011 kl. 22.21 skrev Andrew Boyer:

> These two changes allow you to set PXE as the default MBR boot =
selection, which enables you to write a 'reboot to the network' script.  =
We've found it to be very useful.  What do people think?

I think this is very useful for e.g. re-installing a machine =
automatically. I've previously switched between PXE and HD boot by =
setting the BIOS boot order to HD first, PXE second and then wiping the =
MBR whenever I need to PXE-boot to reinstall the machine, but this is =
simpler and allows for more use-cases.

Kind regards,
Erik=



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