Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 21:51:09 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: butler@arl.mil (Lee A. Butler) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Booteasy configuration Message-ID: <199802250351.VAA06073@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.95.980224204647.16422A-100000@wolf.arl.mil> from "Lee A. Butler" at "Feb 24, 98 09:48:46 pm"
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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
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