From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Aug 8 12:15:51 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C59037B400 for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2002 12:15:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from topperwein.dyndns.org (acs-24-154-28-203.zoominternet.net [24.154.28.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A85943E4A for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2002 12:15:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from behanna@zbzoom.net) Received: from topperwein (topperwein [192.168.168.10]) by topperwein.dyndns.org (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g78JFiQC065384 for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2002 15:15:45 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from behanna@zbzoom.net) Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 15:15:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris BeHanna Reply-To: Chris BeHanna To: FreeBSD-Stable Subject: Re: mbr selection list In-Reply-To: <20020808182500.EAEE45D06@ptavv.es.net> Message-ID: <20020808151418.V64075-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 8 Aug 2002, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > From: Randy Bush > > Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 11:04:51 -0700 > > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > > > > i currently see an mbr selection list like > > F1 - DOS > > F2 - Unknown > > F3 - FreeBSD > > F4 - FreeBSD > > > > i want F2 and F4 removed because > > o the unknown partition is the suspend to disk partition > > o F4 is a non-bootable part of the F3 system > > > > so, how do i > > o remove two > > o and maybe rename the remaining for cosmetic reasons > > Just modify the source for boot0 (/sys/boot/i386/boot0/boot0.s). The > problem is that boot0 MUST not grow. It needs to fit into a single > disk block and must not exceed 512 bytes. IFF you're not running in dangerously dedicated mode, you'll have 63 sectors at the beginning of the disk. GAG easily fits in here, and gives you a graphical boot manager that allows you to name things any way you want. If you *are* in dangerously dedicated mode, heaven help you. -- Chris BeHanna http://www.pennasoft.com Principal Consultant PennaSoft Corporation chris@pennasoft.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message