Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:35:49 +0200 From: hv <hv@tuebingen.mpg.de> To: rick-freebsd2008@kiwi-computer.com Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, "Wu, Yue" <vanopen@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Use n instead of Fn for choosing the OS when booting? Message-ID: <53C01C98-7C82-4E4F-9214-74AC0C662EA9@tuebingen.mpg.de> In-Reply-To: <20090623011857.GA54747@keira.kiwi-computer.com> References: <20090622123938.GA794@fbsd.hasee.cpu> <20090622131311.GA39134@svzserv.kemerovo.su> <20090622233800.GA779@fbsd.hasee.cpu> <20090623011857.GA54747@keira.kiwi-computer.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Am 23.06.2009 um 03:18 schrieb Rick C. Petty: > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 07:38:00AM +0800, Wu, Yue wrote: >> >> Another question, if these are more then 12 OSes exist on disk, how >> to select >> the one that number larger than 12? :) > > You can only have 4 primary partitions in an MBR. The boot0 gives > choice > #5 for the next disk. Thus there are only 5 choices, maximum. Recently added (since 7.2): There are 6 possible choices. Probably the 6th only shows up, if the bios supports booting via PXE. Regards -- Henry Vogt <hv@tuebingen.mpg.de> (Fon: ++49-7071-601-511, Fax: -826) Campus Max-Planck-Institute, Spemannstr. 32-41, Tübingen, Germany [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkpAhdUACgkQiF3PvXvQ0FAXMQCgkrJscDU1Fi+Ii82CORdtB0v9 ocAAmgJALNFtaQn3iD2p6VS/1V3eIXqw =v/bB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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