changing label text in boot0

Daniel O'Connor doconnor at gsoft.com.au
Sat Jan 15 11:54:13 UTC 2011


On 15/01/2011, at 22:10, Aryeh Friedman wrote:
> I have 2 different versions of FB running on the same drive (-STABLE
> and -CURRENT) and want to know a) is it possible and b) how to change
> the boot0 "F?" labels so that "F1" (slice 1) is "FreeBSD-STABLE" and
> "F2" (slice 2) is "FreeBSD-CURRENT"

It isn't possible.
The text is printed based on the partition ID (which is the same for both) and there is no room in there for any extra logic.
	
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