Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 20:56:47 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cls@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot Menu question Message-ID: <20021210195647.GA1310@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <20021210174722.635DF1B79A@server2.fastmail.fm> References: <20021210174722.635DF1B79A@server2.fastmail.fm>
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On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 12:47:22PM -0500, Jud wrote: > On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 09:26:21 -0500 (EST), "Jerry McAllister" > <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> said: > > > > > > Hello! > > > > > > When I start my system I have a choise of 2 OS's: > > > > > > F1: ??? > > > F3: FreeBSD > > > > > > The question is how do i change "???" to "Win2000"? > > > > This is a frequent question, so there is a lot in the archives on it. > > But, briefly, the boot manager was written before W2K (and W-XP, etc) > > and so, doesn't have a name for them. It can boot them as long as > > they use a "standard" boot sequence. It just doesn't know what to > > call them. > > For multiple boot systems I really would recommend grub, it seems to be able to boot anything, and is configured via an ordinary text file once installed..and allows editing of bad entries at boot time. You have to get your head around it's OS-neutral (for want of a better expression) way of addressing disks, but then it's an excellent piece of work. The documentation is a little skimpy, and lots of mentions of Hurd (the O/S that I suppose will surface one day, probably not before I grow old and die though I think). -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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