Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 06:57:44 -0800 (PST) From: Dan Strick <dan@covad.net> To: a@jenisch.at Cc: dan@mist.nodomain Subject: Re: Boot-prompt (4.9) - where defined? Message-ID: <200311181457.hAIEvijv000449@mist.nodomain>
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>>> > 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") >>> You can't change the prompts without changing/rebuilding/reinstalling the bootstrap program. (The source is in /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/boot0.) You can suppress the listing of specific partitions in the bootstrap menu. See the boot0cfg command and its -m option. Dan Strick strick@covad.net
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