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From: mat@niki.isdnet.net (Mathieu Guillaume) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Boot manager Date: 25 Mar 1997 08:52:57 GMT Lines: 16 Message-ID: <5h83p9$7ai$1@news3.isdnet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: netscape.isdnet.net X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!ns.saard.net!spasun.tpa.com.au!duster.adelaide.on.net!news.ade.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.radio.cz!newsbastard.radio.cz!news.radio.cz!CESspool!news-feed.inet.tele.dk!news.nacamar.de!howland.erols.net!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!iway.fr!news1.isdnet.net!niki.isdnet.net!not-for-mail Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:6469 I'd like to set up a system with NT on a first partition and BSDI on the rest of the disk. So far, that's easy, and done actually. But I want the following setup : if for some reason BSDI was to crash and reboot (which it often does with the current versions of squid, it seems), I want the system to automagically reboot on NT instead of BSDI. The default behaviour of the boot manager (bootany) is to fall back on the last booted system, from what I've seen. I tried marking the NT partition active with disksetup, seems it doesn't change a thing. Does anyone know of a way to define a (permanent) default system to boot ? -- ______ ___ _ _ ______ \ \ | ( '| \ _ | |_____/ Mathieu Guillaume ) ) | \ | | /|/| |/ -|- |____/ ISDnet /_____/ _|_'_)|_/ | |/|_/ |/ |___/ mat@isdnet.net