From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 18 06:03:57 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8176316A4CE for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 06:03:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from srvdmz3.oekb.co.at (mailrelay2.oekb.co.at [143.245.5.93]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 36A5243FDD for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 06:03:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Ewald.Jenisch@oekb.at) Received: from 143.245.2.191 by srvdmz3.oekb.co.at (InterScan E-Mail VirusWall NT); Tue, 18 Nov 2003 15:03:44 +0100 Received: from athena.oekb.co.at ([143.245.83.20]) by MAIL01.oekb.co.at with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Tue, 18 Nov 2003 15:03:43 +0100 Received: from athena.oekb.co.at (athena.oekb.co.at [127.0.0.1]) by athena.oekb.co.at (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hAIE3g5I004030 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 15:03:42 +0100 Received: (from ej@localhost) by athena.oekb.co.at (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id hAIE3gfp004029 for FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 15:03:42 +0100 Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 15:03:42 +0100 From: a@jenisch.at To: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20031118140342.GA3952@athena.oekb.co.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-OriginalArrivalTime: 18 Nov 2003 14:03:43.0398 (UTC) FILETIME=[C6AA8460:01C3ADDC] Subject: Boot-prompt (4.9) - where defined? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 14:03:57 -0000 Hi, I've set up a machine with two BSD-slices: One that holds the BSD-installation and a separate slice holding /usr/home. (The reason behind this is, that I want to keep the data on a separate partition (i.e. harddisk partition), so when I re-install BSD user-data should remain relatively save) After installing FreeBSD 4.9 I get a boot prompt showing *two* BSD-installations, reachable with "F1" and "F2" respectively. When pressing F1 FreeBSD boots normally. When pressing F2 I end up with an error message. To my understanding this is because the boot manager assumes there's a different FreeBSD installation sitting on the second slice. Sure enough I only want the the first BSD-slice to appear on the boot prompt. So my questions are, o) where (which file) can I change the boot prompt i.e. prompt "F1" pointing to the first BSD-slice and "F2" pointing to the second. o) is there a way to change the messages that appear on the boot prompt (e.g. instead of "FreeBSD F1" it should display "Beastie F1") (I've already done a "grep" over the files in /boot, but couldn't find anything that pointed me in the right direction) Thanks much in advance for any clue, -ewald