Re: How to edit Boot loader

From: Robert Marella (hoe-waa_at_hawaii.rr.com)
Date: 01/24/05

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    To: Jose Antonio <linuxer2k3@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 09:20:34 -1000

    On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 01:18 -0800, Jose Antonio wrote:
    > Hi everybody,
    > can anyone please give me some advice on how to edit
    > the boot message I see when I boot my PC. I've both XP
    > and FreeBSD latest release, and I see "F1: DOS CR F2:
    > FreeBSD CR Default: F1". I've gone to /boot directory
    > and searched with "strings" command in all files, and
    > I've seen these strings in binary files. Does anyone
    > know how could I edit it in order to modify these
    > entries?. Many thanks
    >
    > Jose

    Jose

    This has come up many times on the mail lists. The short answer is "you
    can't"

    The best answer is install GAG
    http://gag.sourceforge.net/

    It is easy to use and you can run it from a floppy or load it into the
    MBR.

    Best of luck

    Robert

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