From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 24 19:51:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA20619 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 19:51:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA20560 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 19:51:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA06073; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 21:51:09 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199802250351.VAA06073@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: Booteasy configuration To: butler@arl.mil (Lee A. Butler) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 21:51:09 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Lee A. Butler" at "Feb 24, 98 09:48:46 pm" X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In a previous message, Lee A. Butler said: > I'm setting up a FreeBSD system for a friend and would like to "configure" > the menu that booteasy presents. His disk contains: > > Partition FS Type OS > -------------------------------------------- > 1 FAT WinNT > 2 freebsd FreeBSD > 3 FAT Win95 > > Since both Win95 and WinNT are using FAT filesystems, Booteasy lists them > as "DOS": > > F1 . . . dos > F2 . . . BSD > F3 . . . dos > > What program writes the boot sector to disk? How do I edit the labels for the > partitions? I have not been able to find any man pages on "Booteasy". Booteasy is a pretty old program and not very smart. I don't think you can edit it. You might try osbs instead, you can name each partition what you want. You can find it in the tools directory. Both versions work fine. -- "I love cats because I love my home, and little by little they become its visible soul." -- J.Cocteau To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message