From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 9 17:24:26 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AC0116A419 for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2008 17:24:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@catwhisker.org) Received: from bunrab.catwhisker.org (adsl-63-193-123-122.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.193.123.122]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10BBA13C43E for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2008 17:24:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@catwhisker.org) Received: from bunrab.catwhisker.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bunrab.catwhisker.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id m19HOPbB071169; Sat, 9 Feb 2008 09:24:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from david@bunrab.catwhisker.org) Received: (from david@localhost) by bunrab.catwhisker.org (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id m19HOPp8071168; Sat, 9 Feb 2008 09:24:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from david) Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 09:24:25 -0800 From: David Wolfskill To: Ulrich Spoerlein Message-ID: <20080209172425.GT53191@bunrab.catwhisker.org> Mail-Followup-To: David Wolfskill , Ulrich Spoerlein , current@freebsd.org References: <7ad7ddd90802090517q60923862ncef89ee652d99a6e@mail.gmail.com> <20080209141041.GS53191@bunrab.catwhisker.org> <20080208185405.GA1479@roadrunner.spoerlein.net> <47ACAE62.2060706@FreeBSD.org> <47ACB7BB.7090305@samsco.org> <20080209102415.GC1584@roadrunner.spoerlein.net> <86wspecq42.fsf@ds4.des.no> <7ad7ddd90802090516v602796a4t2e2a8b4b24a3a3d4@mail.gmail.com> <86sl02clpm.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20080209170736.GE1584@roadrunner.spoerlein.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="WTbgq2twYBxfsYA6" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080209170736.GE1584@roadrunner.spoerlein.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot0sio working for anyone? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:24:26 -0000 --WTbgq2twYBxfsYA6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 06:07:36PM +0100, Ulrich Spoerlein wrote: > ... > > You know you can use Grub to boot FreeBSD, right? Including multiple > > installations on multiple disks / slices. >=20 > Thank you Dag-Erling! Somehow I did not consider GRUB. I'm now using the > following menu.lst which gives me *exactly* what I wanted. >...=20 > > I'm using the FreeBSD boot loader; hitting F[1-5] when the FreeBSD boot > > loader prompts does the usual disk & slice selection, though I only use > > that ability when I've forgotten to set the next boot slice via > > boot0cfg(8). >=20 > Are you doing this via keyboard or serial line? Is it possible to get > that F1-F5 output via serial *without* BIOS support?? I'm just curious, > although I found a pretty decent solution, thanks to Dag-Erling. I hardly ever have a keyboard (or monitor) attached to the machine in question. I do the same thing for a couple of other machines here at home, and I did it with the desktop I used at my previous employer's, but I don't now recall if the FreEBSD boot loader prompts show up on the machines that lack BIOS serial redirection: it hasn't been an issue for me, because I use boot0cfg(8) to (pre-)select the boot slice. (I can't easily test this at the moment, because those other 2 FreeSBD machines here at home are currently in productive use (as a firewall & as a mail hub, respectively), and the only other FreeBSD machine I have at hand is my laptop, for which disconnecting the keyboard involves rather invasive surgery. And I probably shouldn't try to login to the desktop at my previous employer's to reboot it.... :-}) If grub works for you, that's great. I tried it about 2.5 years ago, and found it incredibly frustrating, since I didn't see a convenient way to select the boot slice via a simple scriptable command-line facility (without going to the hassle of writing something to parse its config file), while I could merely use boot0cfg(8) with the FreeBSD boot loader. (I didn't try exceptionally hard, though, for various off-topic reasons.) Peace, david --=20 David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org I submit that "conspiracy" would be an appropriate collective noun for cats. See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. --WTbgq2twYBxfsYA6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAket4cgACgkQmprOCmdXAD3cEQCfctl757fwE0djL8L3WOWk0pS0 MOMAnRtKzvh0qwsoaask0RymaBzq3lvE =cBlT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --WTbgq2twYBxfsYA6--