Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 16:59:31 +0100 From: Matthias Paul Subject: Re: Loader names To: opendos AT delorie DOT com Reply-to: Matthias DOT Paul AT post DOT rwth-aachen DOT de Message-id: <68B59E7A16@reze-1.rz.rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Rechenzentrum RWTH Aachen Precedence: bulk On Thu, 26 Feb 1998, Daniel de Haan wrote: > >How can I change the name of "Standard Boot"? I understand I can change > >the other in boot.lst file, but there is nothing for the first boot. > >Anybody have a suggestion? I want it to say Windows '95. > > I have found a way to do this, but you will need pklite and a hex > editor. > ... There is an undocumented option to make F1 the default, even with a timeout. Just use the following syntax to install LOADER: LOADER boot.lst[timeout] ^--- no spaces here!!! However, it will still show up as "Standard boot" in the menu, which makes sense, because the Standard boot sector must not necessarily boot Windows95 (in your example), it's just the last OS used to SYS the boot drive (which is Windows95 in your case). Matthias -------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthias Paul, Ubierstrasse 28, D-50321 Bruehl, GERMANY eMail: Web : http://www.rhrz.uni-bonn.de/~uzs180/mpdokeng.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- Caldera Digital Research Systems/OpenLinux: http://www.caldera.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------