From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 22 13:29:22 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from zaney.sindrome.net (zaney.sindrome.net [209.172.186.245]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6CB637B41C for ; Wed, 22 May 2002 13:29:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zaney.sindrome.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zaney.sindrome.net (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g4MKTAbt000408 for ; Wed, 22 May 2002 15:29:10 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from sindrome@sindrome.net) Received: (from sindrome@localhost) by zaney.sindrome.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g4MKTAFR000407 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 22 May 2002 15:29:10 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: zaney.sindrome.net: sindrome set sender to sindrome@sindrome.net using -f Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 15:29:10 -0500 From: Troy To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot manager calls Windows DOS Message-ID: <20020522152910.A337@sindrome.net> Reply-To: sindrome@sindrome.net References: <3CEBE9A3.7050207@free.fr> <20020522151622.W54615-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020522151622.W54615-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org>; from culverk@alpha.yumyumyum.org on Wed, May 22, 2002 at 03:16:54PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > On Wed, 22 May 2002, Shill wrote: > > > I use FreeBSD's boot manager to boot either FreeBSD or Windows 98. When > > my computer boots, I get a choice of: > > > > F1 DOS > > F2 FreeBSD > > > > I've looked for configuration files inside /boot and perused the manual > > pages for boot0cfg(8) and libdisk(3). You don't want to try hacking the boot0cfg file. I did this once and followed very accurate instructions and got into a bit of trouble. Best bet is to use GRUB. It's by far the best boot manager. If you ever install win2k or XP you will notice that the default boot manager for FreeBSD will see these OS's as ???. Install/configure GRUB and you'll be much happier. -Troy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message