From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 8 20:55:00 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0816216A420 for ; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 20:55:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hampi@rootshell.be) Received: from obelix.sunrise.ch (mailrelay3.sunrise.ch [194.158.229.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4990D43D55 for ; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 20:54:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hampi@rootshell.be) Received: from gicco.homeip.net (pop-be-5-1-dialup-44.freesurf.ch [194.230.168.44]) by obelix.sunrise.ch (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j58KsuaY015441 for ; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 22:54:56 +0200 Received: from gicco.here (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gicco.homeip.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j58Ksr52016164 for ; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 22:54:53 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from hampi@rootshell.be) Received: (from idefix@localhost) by gicco.here (8.13.1/8.12.11/Submit) id j58Ksq92016163 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 22:54:52 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from hampi@rootshell.be) X-Authentication-Warning: gicco.here: idefix set sender to hampi@rootshell.be using -f Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 22:54:52 +0200 From: Hanspeter Roth To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050608205452.GA8087@gicco.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <0DF7FF668F71A2B85D47F59B@utd59514.utdallas.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0DF7FF668F71A2B85D47F59B@utd59514.utdallas.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Re: Editing the boot menu X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 20:55:00 -0000 On Jun 08 at 14:17, Paul Schmehl spoke: > When you use FreeBSD's boot manager, you get a menu like this at bootup: > > F1 DOS > F2 FreeBSD > F3 Linux > F4 ?? > F5 Drive 1 > > Default: F2 > > Is there a way to edit the list? Or is that fixed when boot manager is > installed and not configurable? > > By edit, I mean, for example, change F4 ?? to F4 MyOS. This boot selector has no configuration file. It resides within the 512 Byte MBR. You may change Lables by editing /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/boot0/boot0.S. It's probably easier if you don't touch the length of the label. After making boot0 copy it to /boot and run boot0cfg. -Hanspeter