Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 02:44:12 -0800 (PST) From: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Pete McNab <stillers@slip.net>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot manager toasted by Win95 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970128024316.25251I-100000@narcissus.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970127163031.21224F-100000@localhost>
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On Mon, 27 Jan 1997, Doug White wrote: > On Fri, 24 Jan 1997, Pete McNab wrote: > > > I ran fdisk /mbr, and upon rebooting, it went right into Windows, so > > I went back to DOS and ran bootinst again, getting the same error > > as before. > > Windows95 locks the boot sector, so you cannot install BootEasy under > win95. I believe there is a 'lock' command that disables this; otherwise > you'll need a DOS 6.xx floppy. Here's one I can answer -- I'm pretty sure it uses good old DOS-style "attrib". > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > Ben The views expressed above are not those of the Worker's Compensation Board of Queensland, Australia.
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