From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 3 3:18:10 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 60E6037B401 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 03:18:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from catflap.home.slightlystrange.org (pc1-cmbg1-4-cust43.cmbg.cable.ntl.com [62.253.133.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3995C43F85 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 03:18:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan@slightlystrange.org) Received: from danielby by catflap.home.slightlystrange.org with local (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18febv-000L5J-00 for questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 03 Feb 2003 11:17:59 +0000 Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 11:17:59 +0000 From: Daniel Bye To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing the FreeBSD boot loader options Message-ID: <20030203111758.GA81023@catflap.home.slightlystrange.org> Reply-To: dan@slightlystrange.org Mail-Followup-To: questions@freebsd.org References: <20030203103023.GX9710@anand.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030203103023.GX9710@anand.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Scanner: exiscan *18febv-000L5J-00*YwYomEhwhrw* (SlightlyStrange.org, Using NOD32 http://www.nod32.com) 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 On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 11:30:23AM +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? Your best bet is to use grub, yes. You cannot alter the labels displayed by the FreeBSD bootloader (short of altering the source...) -- Daniel Bye PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: 3D73 AF47 D448 C5CA 88B4 0DCF 849C 1C33 3C48 2CDC _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message