Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 19:31:00 -0400 From: "C J Michaels" <cjm2@earthling.net> To: "Mark Miller" <joup@bigfoot.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: BootMgr with Win2k? Message-ID: <CDEJIONOMGKHCNHBALKPAENDCAAA.cjm2@earthling.net> In-Reply-To: <20020605215307.GA43707@dan.emsphone.com>
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Not for anything, but the NT boot loader can boot to freebsd and it has 'wordy' prompts too. --Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Dan Nelson > Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 5:53 PM > To: Mark Miller > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: BootMgr with Win2k? > > > In the last episode (Jun 05), Mark Miller said: > > > > I recently reinstalled my Win2k partition, and it appears that it > > overwrote the boot manager sector. What's the easiest way to get this > > back? Also, how can I change the names that the boot manager displays? > > Before, I got something like > > > > F1: ???? > > F2: FreeBSD > > F5: Disk1 > > > > I'd like to have it look like > > > > F1: Win2k > > F2: FreeBSD 5.0 > > F5: FreeBSD 4.6 > > boot0 can't do this; it's only a 512-byte program. There's not enough > space for fancy prompts. If you want custom menus, try grub (in > ports). It's very flexible and has a full-screen menu. > > -- > Dan Nelson > dnelson@allantgroup.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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