Subject: Re: need a multiboot with FreeBSD
To: <>
From: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 10/12/2005 08:00:57
On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 07:10:23AM +0200, Zafer Aydogan wrote:
> 
> Hello Jeremy,
> 
> there are options to use a bootloader during installation of NetBSD in
> sysinst. (at least in current)
> I think it was in the fdisk part or disklabel part, where you could set
> names for the bootloader and activate the bootloader.

It is in the mbr label editor

Otherwise run 'fdisk -u wd0' and edit the entry for the partition - where
it will let you set the menu string.

> I recently used it for the same purpose (for the first time). 
> It's a tiny bootloader, but works fine.
> 
> The only thing I was confused of was, that the bootloader prints:
> 
> Fn Name

That is "Fn: diskn" and is the first menu entry, not a title.
The 'F1' key will load the mbr of the first disk (etc).

> 1: NetBSD
> 2: FreeBSD

	David

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David Laight: david@l8s.co.uk