Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 15:03:42 +0100 From: a@jenisch.at To: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Subject: Boot-prompt (4.9) - where defined? Message-ID: <20031118140342.GA3952@athena.oekb.co.at>
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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
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