From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 27 23:47:17 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hermes.axis.de (hermes.axis.de [194.163.241.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A19EF14D8C for ; Thu, 27 May 1999 23:47:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from maret@axis.de) Received: from erlangen01.axis.de by hermes.axis.de via smtpd (for hub.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.18]) with SMTP; 28 May 1999 06:47:14 UT Received: (private information removed) Message-ID: <91DA20EC3C3DD211833400A0245A4EA9BA0E3A@erlangen01.axis.de> From: Alexander Maret To: 'Vince Gonzalez' Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: RE: Why using a DOS tool to customize boot manager? (WAS: RE: boo t ma nager) Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 08:47:10 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, > -----Original Message----- > From: Vince Gonzalez [mailto:vince@nycrc.net] > Sent: Freitag, 28. Mai 1999 02:24 > To: Alexander Maret > Subject: Re: Why using a DOS tool to customize boot manager? (WAS: RE: > boot ma nager) > > > 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? > > AFAIK, the FreeBSD bootmanager scans the disks in your system > at every boot. > It's not really possible to customize it. Hmm, is there really absolut no way to influence the detection of an OS? I'm asking this, because booteasy doesn't recognize every OS on a system. For example on my laptop I've got a Linux installation on a logical partition within an extended partition. As I can't use lilo, because it changes the mapping of the drive (windows NT doesn't like that) I have to use booteasy. Unfortunately booteasy doesn't recognize my linux partition because it's on a logical partition. I alway have to boot DOS to boot linux (using loadlin) afterwards. Alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message