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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>
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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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