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Date:      Tue, 23 Oct 2001 16:34:46 +0200
From:      "Siegbert Baude" <Siegbert.Baude@gmx.de>
To:        <amit_mewho@yahoo.com>, <jacks@sage-american.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: booteasy: how to boot into windows safe mode?
Message-ID:  <00d901c15bcf$dd3ffa40$4011a8c0@wohnheim.uniulm.de>
References:  <3.0.5.32.20011023080024.00f12f38@mail.sage-american.com>

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Hello Amit,

> I have a question about booteasy that I hope somebody can answer. I
>use the default boot manager that comes with freebsd (4.2) to dual
>boot windows 98 and freebsd. I recently added hardware that is causing
>windows to not boot completely. How can I boot into windows safe mode?
>since the normal windows option of pressing F4 before windows loads is
>not available anymore....

Jack's answer definitely works, but on fast computers the period to hit the key is very short.
If you don't mind using a different boot manager, xosl (www.xosl.org) allows for every boot config to send keys along
with the selection. Very nice to solve your problem.

Ciao
Siegbert


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