default boot option in dual-boot mode

[Stefan Bethke]

Am 08.08.2006 um 02:48 schrieb gahn:

> hi:
>
> how could i fix the default boot option in dual-boot
> mode?
>
> i have a machine with both windows xp and freebsd 6.1.
> it works fine with freebsd boot manager (wiht optios
> of f1 for xp and f2 for freebsd when it starts). but i
> would like to fix the default mode for freebsd; ie, if
> i don't make a choice on either f1 or f2 keys, then
> system automatically boots up as freebsd machine.

boot0 will boot into the same OS as the last time automatically, so  
you don't need to do anything to boot into FreeBSD, if you had booted  
into FreeBSD the last time.

If you want to *always* boot into FreeBSD, irrespective of the choice  
you made the last time, you can use the boot0cfg(8) utility to stop  
boot0 from remembering the last choice and stick to the stored  
default. Untested:

# boot0cfg -o noupdate -s2


Stefan

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