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gotvols
04-30-2006, 04:58 PM
Ok I have PcBsd on my primary harddrive and xp on my secondary drive. When I boot up it goes directly to PcBsd. How can I set it up to let select which operating system I want? I use Fedora and I could use a vitual mapping to get the select screen. Any help would be appreciated.

Charles
04-30-2006, 07:50 PM
You can use the Grub that comes with Fedora and set it up:

http://www.pcbsd.com/faqs/index.php?sid ... light=grub (http://www.pcbsd.com/faqs/index.php?sid=71431&lang=en&action=artikel&cat=1&id=10&artlang=en&highlight=grub)

Here's what I'm using:

http://www.pcbsd.com/faqs/index.php?sid ... light=grub (http://www.pcbsd.com/faqs/index.php?sid=71431&lang=en&action=artikel&cat=1&id=9&artlang=en&highlight=grub)

madman
04-30-2006, 10:35 PM
Or you can use gag:http://gag.sourceforge.net/ , which i like 100 times better than grub.

gotvols
05-01-2006, 02:32 AM
Or you can use gag:http://gag.sourceforge.net/ , which i like 100 times better than grub.

do you have to setup this program up in windows or can you do it from PCBSD?

Charles
05-01-2006, 03:18 AM
GAG is OS-independent, you set it up from a floppy disk. It's pretty interesting actually :)

madman
05-01-2006, 03:31 AM
You put in on a floppy and boot from it and then you can set it up and write it to your MBR. All GUI, nice and simple.

gotvols
05-01-2006, 09:08 AM
Thanks for the help. Gag is the best. Very simple even I figured it out.

Charles
05-01-2006, 01:58 PM
Yes, GAG can't be more straight-forward :)

Dingens
05-01-2006, 04:12 PM
GAG is MY BELOVED BOOT LOADER ;-) it's easy to install and easy to configure. i that the project don't die!

pcbsdusr
05-01-2006, 07:46 PM
It's my favorite as well. Simple, efective.