Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:40:19 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "Overdorf, Sam" <sam.overdorf@intel.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD multiboot question. Message-ID: <20090224024019.fec84163.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <96D71EC226B22D48B4F8F6F9C33C91CE3A5EB70F@orsmsx508.amr.corp.intel.com> References: <9ef7e7380902220154t74657d52uc9497c77672b79f8@mail.gmail.com> <9a52b1190902220711u65e38320t97ca56547bef246d@mail.gmail.com> <87ljryccm0.fsf@kobe.laptop> <49a20440.oqh9j8d04xp6dYo8%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <87mycd847c.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20090223195041.GC58188@kokopelli.hydra> <20090223160951.056f54d1@scorpio> <20090224001322.GD59353@kokopelli.hydra> <96D71EC226B22D48B4F8F6F9C33C91CE3A5EB70F@orsmsx508.amr.corp.intel.com>
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On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:35:00 -0800, "Overdorf, Sam" <sam.overdorf@intel.com> wrote: > Is there a way that I can change the description from "FreeBSD" to something like: > > F1 FreeBSD 7.1 > F2 FreeBSD 7.0 > F3 FreeBSD 6.4 As far as I understood, the names displayed are generic ones. In order to change them or even made to fit them to a particular OS version on a different slice / disk, modifying the bootloader's source is neccessary (followed by recompilation and reinstall). Other bootloaders may have an easier option to change the displayed names. -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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