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Date:      Thu, 17 Oct 1996 09:56:31 +0200
From:      Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
To:        Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@freenet.hamilton.on.ca>
Cc:        The Nordquists <nordquis@visi.com>, questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: How to Reenable Boot Manager?
Message-ID:  <3265E6AF.F86@barcode.co.il>
References:  <Pine.GSO.3.95.961016180552.28842A-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca>

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Tim Vanderhoek wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, The Nordquists wrote:
> 
> > I scoured the documentation and some of the /stand/sysinstall code, but
> > I couldn't find any references to how I replace the FreeBSD boot manager
> > without reinstalling FreeBSD.  Can someone help me out?
> 
> You can grab OS/BS from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/tools.  I
> believe it lives somewhere around there.
> 
> OS/BS is, of course, not the same as BootEasy, but some people prefer
> it...  (many, I think, actually).
> 
> Of course, there's probably some way to reinstall BootEasy, too... :)

Yes there is. In the same directory (or in the /tools directory on the
CD) you'll find a DOS program that installs BootEasy (I think it's named
bootinst.exe or something like that). Run it from DOS! (not win95 in DOS
mode) and it will install BootEasy for you.

> 
> --
> Outnumbered?  Maybe.  Outspoken?  Never!
> tIM...HOEk
Nadav



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