Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 21:24:16 -0500 From: Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com> To: Mailinglists FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ok How do I boot this monster? Message-ID: <16e37823-fea5-20d9-2b60-9c5b73e977a6@columbus.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1611171907590.67199@wonkity.com> References: <07218d20-34a5-171b-f6a8-de3c271733cc@columbus.rr.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1611171215010.67199@wonkity.com> <575baf45-b23d-163f-79b0-213a6ba51c91@columbus.rr.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1611171651020.67199@wonkity.com> <222fccf6-f049-601c-02ba-d4d9a92ef176@columbus.rr.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1611171907590.67199@wonkity.com>
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On 11/17/16 21:10, Warren Block wrote: > On Thu, 17 Nov 2016, Baho Utot wrote: > >> Does anyone know if ports/sysutils/grub2 works? I found some old >> posts on the net that is saying that it has some problems building >> and installing under FreeBSD. > > I have used it to multiboot GPT: > https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/49055/ > >> It might be a solution for me as I really don't want to do the hit >> the keyboard at boot thing > > It still requires pressing a key if you don't want the default. The > way around this with the BIOS option is to set the most-used option as > the first boot device. Well that's true, I guess it won't be too bad a solution if I put Freebsd raidz as the first boot option in BIOS and then use the keyboard F8 boot menu, Gigabyte MB FX I forget which one exactly will give me a menu of drives to boot from, then I can boot to Win7 and play my Starcraft II, Warcraft III from there. I guess it would be the same as choosing an entry from Grub2. Time for bed... I'll look at this some more in the mornin
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