Active slice, only for a next boot
rank1seeker at gmail.com
rank1seeker at gmail.com
Fri May 27 16:47:28 UTC 2011
----- Original Message -----
From: Alexander Best <arundel at freebsd.org>
To: rank1seeker at gmail.com
Cc: hackers at freebsd.org
Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 13:47:54 +0000
Subject: Re: Active slice, only for a next boot
> On Fri May 27 11, rank1seeker at gmail.com wrote:
> > Idea is ...
> > I have i.e; 3 slices, of which first is active.
> > Now I wana set slice 2 active, but only for a one/next boot.
> > Once slice 2 is booted and system is shutdown or rebooted, once again,
first slice is active and booted, without user's intervention.
> >
> > Is this possible or should be implemented?
>
> take a look at the gpart(8) manual, expecially the ATTRIBUTES section. if
you
> are running with a GPT scheme you can use the "bootonce" attribute to do
> exactly what you asked for.
>
> cheers.
> alex
>
Thanls, but I need it for MBR.
Domagoj S.
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