Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 15:35:50 +0200 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@apropo.ro> To: "Admin" <admin@sycos.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem Message-ID: <20031222153550.22b6a228.itetcu@apropo.ro> In-Reply-To: <002f01c3c88f$061e8d90$1c77fea9@dpc27> References: <20031219000023.25533.qmail@web12606.mail.yahoo.com> <000d01c3c61b$0a698510$1c77fea9@dpc27> <20031219131531.0391ef62.itetcu@apropo.ro> <001501c3c650$18209e20$1c77fea9@dpc27> <20031220120732.3fdf69c9.itetcu@apropo.ro> <010601c3c872$d3915590$1c77fea9@dpc27> <20031222142526.3dda48fc.itetcu@apropo.ro> <002f01c3c88f$061e8d90$1c77fea9@dpc27>
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On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 13:25:09 -0000 "Admin" <admin@sycos.co.uk> wrote: > Hi Ion-Mihai, > > My appologies, forgot to attach the file. I have re-sent that e-mail > with attachment. > > When you install Red Hat Linux, it allows you to label the multiple > boot loader partitions and the FreeBSD generates the label per > partition created. If you have already installed an operating system > e.g. Windows platform, then it is displayed as ?? rather than the name > of the operating system. You have a NTFS slice. If it were fat32 it would have displyed DOS. It is known and it is a issue of space, as the boot loader has to be very small and adding mapping for slice (file system) types - name will make it larger. > Is there a way to modify this boot loader file The sources. > or rename the boot loader os label using command line command? No. But all this is in the FAQ. plese RTFM. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user
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