From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 16 08:15:20 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63E52106566B for ; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:15:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erik@cederstrand.dk) Received: from csmtp1.one.com (csmtp1.one.com [195.47.247.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 265028FC0A for ; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:15:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.0.1.150] (unknown [217.157.7.211]) by csmtp1.one.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 7F72920420562; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:15:18 +0000 (UTC) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1251.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Erik Cederstrand In-Reply-To: <94847CD1-4361-424C-A2F6-75CAE918E2A9@averesystems.com> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:15:19 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <94847CD1-4361-424C-A2F6-75CAE918E2A9@averesystems.com> To: Andrew Boyer X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1251.1) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Idea for change to boot0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:15:20 -0000 Den 15/12/2011 kl. 22.21 skrev Andrew Boyer: > These two changes allow you to set PXE as the default MBR boot = selection, which enables you to write a 'reboot to the network' script. = We've found it to be very useful. What do people think? I think this is very useful for e.g. re-installing a machine = automatically. I've previously switched between PXE and HD boot by = setting the BIOS boot order to HD first, PXE second and then wiping the = MBR whenever I need to PXE-boot to reinstall the machine, but this is = simpler and allows for more use-cases. Kind regards, Erik=