Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 09:20:34 -1000 From: Robert Marella <hoe-waa@hawaii.rr.com> To: Jose Antonio <linuxer2k3@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to edit Boot loader Message-ID: <1106594434.6969.2.camel@p4> In-Reply-To: <20050124091827.42083.qmail@web51003.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050124091827.42083.qmail@web51003.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 01:18 -0800, Jose Antonio wrote: > Hi everybody, > can anyone please give me some advice on how to edit > the boot message I see when I boot my PC. I've both XP > and FreeBSD latest release, and I see "F1: DOS CR F2: > FreeBSD CR Default: F1". I've gone to /boot directory > and searched with "strings" command in all files, and > I've seen these strings in binary files. Does anyone > know how could I edit it in order to modify these > entries?. Many thanks > > Jose Jose This has come up many times on the mail lists. The short answer is "you can't" The best answer is install GAG http://gag.sourceforge.net/ It is easy to use and you can run it from a floppy or load it into the MBR. Best of luck Robert
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