Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 21:33:00 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Sean McNeil <sean@mcneil.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getting rid of disk selection on bootup Message-ID: <20040929023300.GB26491@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <1096417171.1078.11.camel@server.mcneil.com> References: <1096417171.1078.11.camel@server.mcneil.com>
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In the last episode (Sep 28), Sean McNeil said: > I have -current installed and I get the following on bootup: > > F1 FreeBSD > F5 Drive 1 > > Default: F1 > > I'd like to get rid of that and boot directly to the pitchfork dude. > Is there a way to clear that out so it boots without the above > selector? That's boot0 (aka booteasy). What you want is an MBR that just chains to the first active partition. Install it with "fdisk -B da0", or whatever your devicename is. If you want boot0 back, run "boot0cfg -B da0". -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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