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Date:      Tue, 4 Jun 1996 20:36:26 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu>
Cc:        Jeroen Schellart <v932492@si.hhs.nl>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Booting FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960604203616.9627C-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960604163902.24939C-100000@ginger.eng.umd.edu>

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On Tue, 4 Jun 1996, Chuck Robey wrote:

> Doug, I was surprised to find that the function keys are mapped to all 
> partitions, even inactive ones, which means that to boot from the second 
> disk, you have to hit F5.  At that point, it tells you the new default is 
> F1 again, but gives the partition name from the 2nd disk, and you hit return.
> 
> I think those semantics are kinda confusing, myself.

That's BootEasy for you.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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