On Sat, 03-Nov-2012 at 23:34:48 +0100, jb wrote:
> Andre Albsmeier siemens.com> writes:
>
> > ...
> > However, when pressing F3, the system of slice 2(!) is
> > loaded. This is due to the fact that boot1 always loads
> > the first active FreeBSD slice ;-(.
> > ...
> > Is there no chance t
On Sat, 03-Nov-2012 at 18:46:04 +0100, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote:
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>
> On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Andre Albsmeier
> mailto:andre.albsme...@siemens.com>> wrote:
> For various reasons I have to use this disk layout:
>
> One harddisk with MBR and 3 slices on a i386 box:
>
> Slice 1: Windo
jb gmail.com> writes:
> ...
> I do not know the story of active slice in FreeBSD, but I know that neither
> Windows nor Linux require active partitions (in their jargon) to boot from any
> more.
> Perhaps it is time to review this requirement in FreeBSD and drop it if
> possible.
> Opinions are
Andre Albsmeier siemens.com> writes:
> ...
> However, when pressing F3, the system of slice 2(!) is
> loaded. This is due to the fact that boot1 always loads
> the first active FreeBSD slice ;-(.
> ...
> Is there no chance to actually honour the fact that F3 was
> pressed and boot from sl
On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Andre Albsmeier wrote:
> For various reasons I have to use this disk layout:
>
> One harddisk with MBR and 3 slices on a i386 box:
>
> Slice 1: Windows XP :-(
> Slice 2: FreeBSD 7.4-STABLE V1
> Slice 3: FreeBSD 7.4-STABLE V2
>
> The MBR is configured as:
>
> option
For various reasons I have to use this disk layout:
One harddisk with MBR and 3 slices on a i386 box:
Slice 1: Windows XP :-(
Slice 2: FreeBSD 7.4-STABLE V1
Slice 3: FreeBSD 7.4-STABLE V2
The MBR is configured as:
options=packet,noupdate,nosetdrv
default_selection=F2 (Slice 2)
When booting, I
