Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 12:55:05 -0500 From: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net> To: </dev/null@ericsson.ca>, "Nick Mazza" <merkury55@hotmail.com> Cc: <security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Login Message-ID: <032c01c0c69e$5e81c830$3028680a@tgt.com> References: <F68fKRfcjcMzfoV1qdi00006ac3@hotmail.com> <3ADB2F50.A66BFFD8@lmc.ericsson.se>
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Actually, I believe he just wants to change the label. FWIW -- it used to identifiy Windows 2000 as Windows NT in the FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE. They changed it and now it shows ???. It will still boot just fine. Tom Veldhouse veldy@veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Antoine Beaupre (LMC)" <Antoine.Beaupre@ericsson.ca> To: "Nick Mazza" <merkury55@hotmail.com> Cc: <security@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 12:43 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD Login > This is indeed not the place to ask. the questions mailing list is the > place for general questions. > > But even then, you should have checked the existing documentation. > > A 30 seconds search on FreeBSD main website > (http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/search.cgi?words=dual+boot&max=50&source=www) > lead me to http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/boot.html at first, and more > importantly: http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/multi-os/ch5.html, at > last. > > I recommend you the OS-BS boot manager. > > A. > > Nick Mazza wrote: > > > > This doesn't pertain to security so I will probably be flamed for this > > email, but I am in urgvent need of an answer to a simple FreeBSD boot > > Question. I am duel booting a Windows 2000 machine and FreeBSD 4.3RC2 and > > using the Fbsd boot loader. The Boot Loader appears like this: > > > > F1: ?? > > F3: FreeBSD > > F5: Drive 1 > > > > Default : F3 /* Or the OS that I booted last */ > > > > I want to be able the change the ?? to say Windows 2000 and have the Defualt > > OS boot windows 2000 even iuf my last boot was FBSD (Personally I dont mind > > things but guests who use this computer always get confused and press F5 or > > something). If anyone can help or point me in the direction of a HOW-TO I > > would greatly appreciate it. > > > > Nick MAzza > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > > -- > La sémantique est la gravité de l'abstraction. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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