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Date:      Mon, 12 Aug 2002 15:42:51 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Philip Hallstrom <philip@adhesivemedia.com>
To:        John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: LILO
Message-ID:  <20020812154201.F67426-100000@cypress.adhesivemedia.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0208121818150.11816-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org>

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> > I've just installed freeBSD 4.5 dual-booted with Win2000.  I can get into
> > both no problem, except I'm annoyed that the F1 choice says ?? instead of
> > Windows 2000.  I read through the boot manager docs and I'm supposed to have
> > lilo.conf in /etc ....but she no is there.  I've done a search but this file
> > is not to be found.
> >
> > What would have happened there and is there a way to get it?
> >
> > Much thanks for any help.
> >
>
> LILO is the LInux LOader. Since you don't have linux installed, you don't
> have LILO. Your question stands, though. I'd like to know how to change
> those labels myself.
>
> I think it's a disklabel(8) thing, but I don't have an extra box lying
> around to test it on. disklabel is a powerful and dangerous thing ;-)

I don't think it is... I've seen a couple of replies to this indicating
that it's pretty hard to change as it all has to fit in the MBR or some
such thing...

You might look at booteasy and grub (i think that's the names).


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