From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 14 14:43: 7 2003 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 A88FA37B404 for ; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 14:43:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from mired.org (ip68-97-54-220.ok.ok.cox.net [68.97.54.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1F32543F75 for ; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 14:43:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mwm-dated-1048113784.15a77a@mired.org) Received: (qmail 83107 invoked from network); 14 Mar 2003 22:43:04 -0000 Received: from localhost.mired.org (HELO guru.mired.org) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.mired.org with SMTP; 14 Mar 2003 22:43:04 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15986.23287.437142.535940@guru.mired.org> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 16:43:03 -0600 To: Lee S Parsons Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bootloader configuration ? In-Reply-To: <3E722910.7020903@umn.edu> References: <3E722910.7020903@umn.edu> X-Mailer: VM 7.07 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`; h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ From: Mike Meyer X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/0.71 (Hoop, Jr.) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In <3E722910.7020903@umn.edu>, Lee S Parsons typed: > I can't find a good page that tells me how to configure the freeBSD > bootloader. I have my system set to dual boot but there are partitions > listed in the bootloader that are no described correctly or not actually > bootable that I would like to change or remove from the list. Can you > point me to the page that tells me how to do this? You can't configure the FreeBSD boot loader. The names are hardwired in depending on the partition type. All partitions that are recognized are listed. If you want more control, you need to install a boot loader from ports. Personally, I use grub when I need a multiboot system. http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message