Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 23:50:29 -0500 From: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net> To: "Anand Buddhdev" <arb@anand.org>, "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Changing the FreeBSD boot loader options Message-ID: <20030204045045.3830648463@wastegate.net> In-Reply-To: <20030203103023.GX9710@anand.org>
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On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 11:30:23 +0100, Anand Buddhdev wrote: >I have installed FreeBSD 4.7 on my desktop, which already had windows >2000 on it in a partition. I also have a second IDE disk in the computer. > >Upon boot, I get the following menu: > >F1 FreeBSD (default) >F2 DOS >F5 Disk 1 > >How do I rename the label for F2 from DOS to Windows, and how do I >eliminate F5, since it is not needed? I read the manpage for boot0cfg, >but I couldn't figure out how to do it. Or do I need another boot manager >like grub? you can't really. from what people have posted before, there isn't enough space in the MBR to do that. You would probably need to go with grub, although I have never used it, I think you'd be a lot better off. my freebsd machine is seperate from my win machine, so i have my drive DD'd --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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