From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 29 02:33:03 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 841B816A4CE for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 02:33:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED3C143D2D for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 02:33:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) id i8T2X0iW080863; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 21:33:00 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan) Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 21:33:00 -0500 From: Dan Nelson To: Sean McNeil Message-ID: <20040929023300.GB26491@dan.emsphone.com> References: <1096417171.1078.11.camel@server.mcneil.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1096417171.1078.11.camel@server.mcneil.com> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.3-BETA5 X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getting rid of disk selection on bootup X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 02:33:03 -0000 In the last episode (Sep 28), Sean McNeil said: > I have -current installed and I get the following on bootup: > > F1 FreeBSD > F5 Drive 1 > > Default: F1 > > I'd like to get rid of that and boot directly to the pitchfork dude. > Is there a way to clear that out so it boots without the above > selector? That's boot0 (aka booteasy). What you want is an MBR that just chains to the first active partition. Install it with "fdisk -B da0", or whatever your devicename is. If you want boot0 back, run "boot0cfg -B da0". -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com