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Re: Something interesting would like to know about DragonFly


From: sam <samwun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:49:23 +0800

Matthew Dillon wrote:
:Hi,
:
:I found that when I use the installation CD to boot up the system, the :initial name was changed from FreeBSD to DragonFly as something like this:
:
:DragonFly/i386 bootstrap loader
:...
:
:I m curious how could this be done?
:
:Thanks
:sam


    The bootstrap code is loaded from the CD itself, so it can be whatever
    we want it to be.

I know it is loaded from the CD, does it come from the loader code? how can I change the loader code so that DragonFly or FreeBSD becomes a different name after a "make release"?


Thanks
Sam

-Matt
Matthew Dillon <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>



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