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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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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 =20=

>> to select
>> the one that number larger than 12? :)
>
> You can only have 4 primary partitions in an MBR.  The boot0 gives =20
> 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

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