From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 10 08:35:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA21969 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 08:35:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA21955 for ; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 08:35:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA09499; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 10:35:35 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199803101635.KAA09499@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: Re-install bootmanager (without destroying disk-contents) To: bultman@rikz.rws.minvenw.nl Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 10:35:35 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199803101530.QAA20698@rikz.rws.minvenw.nl> from "bultman@rikz.rws.minvenw.nl" at "Mar 10, 98 04:30:26 pm" X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In a previous message, bultman@rikz.rws.minvenw.nl said: > Hi, > > While re-installing the Windows95 half of my hard-disk at home, > this procedure also removed my bootmanager. How can I re-install > the bootmanager without going through the complete FreeBSD install > routine, which will destroy the contents of my current FreeBSD > system (as soon as the FreeBSD disks are 'partitioned')? > If I reboot the system with the FreeBSD floppy disk, it won't > recognize that there's an existing system present. > > Thanks for any and all help. > Answers directly to bultman@rikz.rws.minvenw.nl please. > On the CD (or ftp site) there is a directory, tools. In there is booteasy and os-bs. Copy those down to Windows-95 and expand on of them out (I like OS-BS, but booteasy works fine too). Re-boot into DOS and install it. -- "Goodness knows, the trunk is big enough. It's big enough for two." --South African Frank Thompson, rationalizing the fact that he forced his black servant to ride around in the trunk of the family car, 1969. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message