Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:11:05 +0800 From: "Wu, Yue" <vanopen@gmail.com> To: hv <hv@tuebingen.mpg.de> Cc: rick-freebsd2008@kiwi-computer.com, freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Use n instead of Fn for choosing the OS when booting? Message-ID: <20090623151105.GA1358@fbsd.hasee.cpu> In-Reply-To: <53C01C98-7C82-4E4F-9214-74AC0C662EA9@tuebingen.mpg.de> References: <20090622123938.GA794@fbsd.hasee.cpu> <20090622131311.GA39134@svzserv.kemerovo.su> <20090622233800.GA779@fbsd.hasee.cpu> <20090623011857.GA54747@keira.kiwi-computer.com> <53C01C98-7C82-4E4F-9214-74AC0C662EA9@tuebingen.mpg.de>
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On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 09:35:49AM +0200, hv wrote: > > 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. Thanks for the infos :) -- Hi, Wu, Yue
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