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Date:      Wed, 08 Jun 2005 16:12:29 -0500
From:      Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Editing the boot menu
Message-ID:  <027C3C0D48F76DE75B544666@utd59514.utdallas.edu>
In-Reply-To: <5ef8c2f005060813423f7728c0@mail.gmail.com>
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--On Wednesday, June 08, 2005 17:42:44 -0300 Jos=E9 de Paula Rodrigues=20
<espinafre@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From what I gather, these labels come straight from /boot/boot0, not
> from boot0cfg. Looking at the boot0 source code (found at
> /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/boot0/boot0.S), you can see that the OS options
> are hard-coded into the boot0 program, so there is no way to edit that
> other than by changing the source code and recompiling.
>
 I see that now.  Thanks for pointing that out.

> Did you try using Grub instead? It now supports UFS2, and is a great
> bootloader, with lots of features. You can find it in your ports tree.

It's not that big of an issue.  It's just my workstation, and I know what=20
?? means.  I was just being anal.  I like to straighten out twisted phone=20
cords too.

Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/



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