Default MBR boot manager

2013-11-11 Thread Teske, Devin
Topic: Lenovo Laptops and bsdinstall zfsboot with MBR layout... Should we do the quick patch to change the default from /boot/boot0 to /boot/mbr: Index: zfsboot === --- zfsboot (revision 258016) +++ zfsboot (working copy) @@

Re: Default MBR boot manager

2013-11-11 Thread Allan Jude
in making sure Allan and I design a worthy bootcode selection menu. These seems like the best approach for now, based on the feedback I have gotten from people with BIOSs that won't boot GPT and often choke on the boot0 boot manager. -- Allan Jude signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Default MBR boot manager

2013-11-11 Thread Nathan Whitehorn
FreeBSD boot manager or something), which also means it works for UFS systems. -Nathan ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-current-unsubscr

Re: Default MBR boot manager

2013-11-11 Thread Allan Jude
for tradition. #3 is probably best done as a post-install config step (Install FreeBSD boot manager or something), which also means it works for UFS systems. -Nathan ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

Re: Default MBR boot manager

2013-11-11 Thread Nathan Whitehorn
except for tradition. #3 is probably best done as a post-install config step (Install FreeBSD boot manager or something), which also means it works for UFS systems. -Nathan ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: Default MBR boot manager

2013-11-11 Thread Teske, Devin
except for tradition. #3 is probably best done as a post-install config step (Install FreeBSD boot manager or something), which also means it works for UFS systems. Well, I'm sensitive to the fact that sysinstall offered none and even explained why in an F1 dialog that brought up drives.hlp

Re: Default MBR boot manager

2013-11-11 Thread Allan Jude
Unifying 1 and 2 would help a lot -- I don't know of any reason we need both except for tradition. #3 is probably best done as a post-install config step (Install FreeBSD boot manager or something), which also means it works for UFS systems. -Nathan

Re: Default MBR boot manager

2013-11-11 Thread Allan Jude
of any reason we need both except for tradition. #3 is probably best done as a post-install config step (Install FreeBSD boot manager or something), which also means it works for UFS systems. Well, I'm sensitive to the fact that sysinstall offered none and even explained why in an F1 dialog

Re: Default MBR boot manager

2013-11-11 Thread Nathan Whitehorn
both except for tradition. #3 is probably best done as a post-install config step (Install FreeBSD boot manager or something), which also means it works for UFS systems. Well, I'm sensitive to the fact that sysinstall offered none and even explained why in an F1 dialog that brought up drives.hlp

Re: Default MBR boot manager

2013-11-11 Thread Teske, Devin
3. boot0 Unifying 1 and 2 would help a lot -- I don't know of any reason we need both except for tradition. #3 is probably best done as a post-install config step (Install FreeBSD boot manager or something), which also means it works for UFS systems. Well, I'm sensitive to the fact

Re: Default MBR boot manager

2013-11-11 Thread Nathan Whitehorn
. UFS boot code 3. boot0 Unifying 1 and 2 would help a lot -- I don't know of any reason we need both except for tradition. #3 is probably best done as a post-install config step (Install FreeBSD boot manager or something), which also means it works for UFS systems. Well, I'm sensitive to the fact

Re: Default MBR boot manager

2013-11-11 Thread Teske, Devin
manager or something), which also means it works for UFS systems. Well, I'm sensitive to the fact that sysinstall offered none and even explained why in an F1 dialog that brought up drives.hlp to explain that you might want to keep whatever (alternate) boot manager you may be using already

Re: Default MBR boot manager

2013-11-11 Thread Julian Elischer
except for tradition. #3 is probably best done as a post-install config step (Install FreeBSD boot manager or something), which also means it works for UFS systems. -Nathan ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman

Re: Default MBR boot manager

2013-11-11 Thread Julian Elischer
-- I don't know of any reason we need both except for tradition. #3 is probably best done as a post-install config step (Install FreeBSD boot manager or something), which also means it works for UFS systems. -Nathan ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing

Re: Default MBR boot manager

2013-11-11 Thread Nathan Whitehorn
On 11/11/13 18:22, Julian Elischer wrote: On 11/11/13, 1:32 PM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: On 11/11/13 15:19, Teske, Devin wrote: Topic: Lenovo Laptops and bsdinstall zfsboot with MBR layout... Should we do the quick patch to change the default from /boot/boot0 to /boot/mbr: Index: zfsboot

Re: Boot Manager

2000-06-10 Thread Doug White
On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, John Hengstler wrote: Greetings, What is the quick way to restore the boot manager (dual os). Lost it when I reloaded Win98. man boot0cfg Doug White| FreeBSD: The Power to Serve [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail

Boot Manager

2000-06-09 Thread John Hengstler
Greetings, What is the quick way to restore the boot manager (dual os). Lost it when I reloaded Win98. Have 4.0 CD, machine running 5.0-current. John Hengstler To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message

Re: Boot Manager says F1 ?? for WINNT

1999-06-30 Thread Ilya Naumov
ÓÒ , 30 ÉÀÎ 1999, Thomas Dean ÎÁÐÉÓÁÌ: I installed -current on a notebook with WINNT on the disk. The notebook has the ide disk limitation. So, I chopped the disk do get around it. Maybe I should buy a new notebook, but, this one works. Everything worked OK, except the boot manager. I

Boot Manager says F1 ?? for WINNT

1999-06-29 Thread Thomas Dean
I installed -current on a notebook with WINNT on the disk. The notebook has the ide disk limitation. So, I chopped the disk do get around it. Maybe I should buy a new notebook, but, this one works. Everything worked OK, except the boot manager. I get: F1 ?? F2 FreeBSD F3 ?? F4

RE: Boot Manager says F1 ?? for WINNT

1999-06-29 Thread John Baldwin
On 30-Jun-99 Thomas Dean wrote: I installed -current on a notebook with WINNT on the disk. The notebook has the ide disk limitation. So, I chopped the disk do get around it. Maybe I should buy a new notebook, but, this one works. Everything worked OK, except the boot manager. I get

Re: Boot Manager says F1 ?? for WINNT

1999-06-29 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Jun 29), Thomas Dean said: I installed -current on a notebook with WINNT on the disk. The notebook has the ide disk limitation. So, I chopped the disk do get around it. Maybe I should buy a new notebook, but, this one works. Everything worked OK, except the boot