From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 10 11:57: 2 2002 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 C4EB137B407 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 11:57:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-20.mail.nl.demon.net (post-20.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 913C143ED1 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 11:56:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-20.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18LqV0-000NYf-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 19:56:58 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id DC096F11 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 20:56:56 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id B81B3E78 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 20:56:46 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id 74BFD225CC; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 20:56:47 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 20:56:47 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot Menu question Message-ID: <20021210195647.GA1310@raggedclown.net> References: <20021210174722.635DF1B79A@server2.fastmail.fm> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021210174722.635DF1B79A@server2.fastmail.fm> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 12:47:22PM -0500, Jud wrote: > On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 09:26:21 -0500 (EST), "Jerry McAllister" > said: > > > > > > Hello! > > > > > > When I start my system I have a choise of 2 OS's: > > > > > > F1: ??? > > > F3: FreeBSD > > > > > > The question is how do i change "???" to "Win2000"? > > > > This is a frequent question, so there is a lot in the archives on it. > > But, briefly, the boot manager was written before W2K (and W-XP, etc) > > and so, doesn't have a name for them. It can boot them as long as > > they use a "standard" boot sequence. It just doesn't know what to > > call them. > > For multiple boot systems I really would recommend grub, it seems to be able to boot anything, and is configured via an ordinary text file once installed..and allows editing of bad entries at boot time. You have to get your head around it's OS-neutral (for want of a better expression) way of addressing disks, but then it's an excellent piece of work. The documentation is a little skimpy, and lots of mentions of Hurd (the O/S that I suppose will surface one day, probably not before I grow old and die though I think). -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message