From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 22 05:34:44 2003 Return-Path: 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 7AB4716A4CE for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2003 05:34:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from rdsnet.ro (smtp.rdsnet.ro [62.231.74.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B31A43D4C for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2003 05:34:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from itetcu@apropo.ro) Received: (qmail 1571 invoked from network); 22 Dec 2003 13:34:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro) (81.196.25.19) by mail.rdsnet.ro with SMTP; 22 Dec 2003 13:34:40 -0000 Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 15:35:50 +0200 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu To: "Admin" Message-Id: <20031222153550.22b6a228.itetcu@apropo.ro> In-Reply-To: <002f01c3c88f$061e8d90$1c77fea9@dpc27> References: <20031219000023.25533.qmail@web12606.mail.yahoo.com> <000d01c3c61b$0a698510$1c77fea9@dpc27> <20031219131531.0391ef62.itetcu@apropo.ro> <001501c3c650$18209e20$1c77fea9@dpc27> <20031220120732.3fdf69c9.itetcu@apropo.ro> <010601c3c872$d3915590$1c77fea9@dpc27> <20031222142526.3dda48fc.itetcu@apropo.ro> <002f01c3c88f$061e8d90$1c77fea9@dpc27> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.6claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: Dorin H cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 13:34:44 -0000 On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 13:25:09 -0000 "Admin" wrote: > Hi Ion-Mihai, > > My appologies, forgot to attach the file. I have re-sent that e-mail > with attachment. > > When you install Red Hat Linux, it allows you to label the multiple > boot loader partitions and the FreeBSD generates the label per > partition created. If you have already installed an operating system > e.g. Windows platform, then it is displayed as ?? rather than the name > of the operating system. You have a NTFS slice. If it were fat32 it would have displyed DOS. It is known and it is a issue of space, as the boot loader has to be very small and adding mapping for slice (file system) types - name will make it larger. > Is there a way to modify this boot loader file The sources. > or rename the boot loader os label using command line command? No. But all this is in the FAQ. plese RTFM. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user