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Date:      Thu, 27 May 1999 11:18:54 -0700 ()
From:      Rick Hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com>
To:        Alexander Maret <maret@axis.de>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Why using a DOS tool to customize boot manager? (WAS: RE: boot ma nager)
Message-ID:  <Pine.WNT.3.95.990527111544.-116291C-100000@akane>
In-Reply-To: <91DA20EC3C3DD211833400A0245A4EA9BA0E34@erlangen01.axis.de>

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> > > Is there a way to change the "DOS" to "windoze" on the bootmanager?
> > > if so , please point me to a man page or documentation
> 
> isn't this weired? Why do I have to use a DOS tool to customize my
> FreeBSD boot manager? I once asked on the list, if there is a
> possibility to add an entry to the bootmanager manually. I didn't
> get an answer. Do I also have to use a DOS tool to do this?
> 
> Why is there no possibility to customize the FreeBSD boot manager with
> FreeBSD? Or is there one I don't know of?

	I don't think it is... Dos for all it's other faults is quite
handy. It boots up quickly, usually under 30 seconds or so. There are a
ton of handy little utilites that all run quickly, usually off a floppy
disk that are good for diagnostics and hardware configuration. It's simply
a case of the best tool for the job. As a hardware tech I have little
interest in waiting 5 minutes for FreeBSD to boot so that I can change one
little setting that I'm not sure will even fix the real problem. Doubly so
when it's sitting in front of a customer's computer at an hourly rate.


							Rick



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