Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 10:14:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Leif Neland <leifn@swimsuit.roskildebc.dk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot-manager control Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971016101249.2112I-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <0fd_9710142204@swimsuit.roskildebc.dk>
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On 14 Oct 1997, Leif Neland wrote: > I have a pc, which I need to run both dos and fbsd. > > Is it possible to alter the default system, the machine boots with, > instead of "press F1 for Dos, F3 for FreeBSD", so I have to be around? > > I want to from a cronjob say "set_next_boot_to dos", then reboot. Booteasy isn't this hackable, unfortunately, unless you can figure out where the default option is stored in the botblock, then have a program modify that. Booteasy's source is included on the CDROM or ftp site in tools/src/. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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