bootselector - lame question

Giorgos Keramidas keramida at ceid.upatras.gr
Fri Nov 28 04:07:15 PST 2008


On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:19:13 +0100 (CET), Wojciech Puchar <wojtek at wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote:
> sorry but while i use FreeBSD for a long time i need dual boot for the
> first time.
>
> i already have installed DOS in dospartition 1 (/dev/ad0s1) and FreeBSD
> on dospartition 2 slice a (/dev/ad0s2a)
>
> i can boot both but i need to use fdisk to change active partition every
> time i want to boot another system.
>
> how to install some kind of boot menu if possible (i think it is)

Boot FreeBSD and then run:

    boot0cfg -v -B ad0

This should install the `boot0' boot block of FreeBSD, which presents a
simple menu like:

    F1 DOS
    F2 FreeBSD



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