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Subject: Re: restore boot manager
To: rnw+@andrew.cmu.edu (Robert N Watson)
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 00:50:42 -0700 (PDT)
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> Excerpts from internet.computing.freebsd-questions: 28-Sep-95 restore
> bmk@dtr.com (260*)

> > How can I reinstall the boot manager on 2.0.5?  I've done it using the
> > boot floppy - but there has to be another way, right?

> > Let's assume for a minute that I've lost my boot floppy and my net
> > connectivity.  (I haven't, but that doesn't change the question.)

> Grab a copy of the file bteasy14.zip from
> ftp.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD/tools/dos-tools -- unzip it and run bootinst,
> and it should do what you need.  Or, at least, it installs the boot
> manager -- I'm assuming you haven't lost the boot loader (the boot: menu
> for kernel selection.)

Is there any way to do it from FreeBSD?