Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 08:47:10 +0200 From: Alexander Maret <maret@axis.de> To: 'Vince Gonzalez' <vince@nycrc.net> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Why using a DOS tool to customize boot manager? (WAS: RE: boo t ma nager) Message-ID: <91DA20EC3C3DD211833400A0245A4EA9BA0E3A@erlangen01.axis.de>
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Hi, > -----Original Message----- > From: Vince Gonzalez [mailto:vince@nycrc.net] > Sent: Freitag, 28. Mai 1999 02:24 > To: Alexander Maret > Subject: Re: Why using a DOS tool to customize boot manager? (WAS: RE: > boot ma nager) > > > isn't this weired? Why do I have to use a DOS tool to customize my > > FreeBSD boot manager? I once asked on the list, if there is a > > possibility to add an entry to the bootmanager manually. I didn't > > get an answer. Do I also have to use a DOS tool to do this? > > > > Why is there no possibility to customize the FreeBSD boot > manager with > > FreeBSD? Or is there one I don't know of? > > AFAIK, the FreeBSD bootmanager scans the disks in your system > at every boot. > It's not really possible to customize it. Hmm, is there really absolut no way to influence the detection of an OS? I'm asking this, because booteasy doesn't recognize every OS on a system. For example on my laptop I've got a Linux installation on a logical partition within an extended partition. As I can't use lilo, because it changes the mapping of the drive (windows NT doesn't like that) I have to use booteasy. Unfortunately booteasy doesn't recognize my linux partition because it's on a logical partition. I alway have to boot DOS to boot linux (using loadlin) afterwards. Alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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