Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 08:01:57 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: handy@sag.space.lockheed.com (Brian Handy) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MBR Woes Message-ID: <199712181401.IAA09447@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.96.971217190140.19866X-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com> from Brian Handy at "Dec 17, 97 07:03:37 pm"
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In a previous message, Brian Handy said: > ARrghgh...I just installed FBSD on a new box, and I made the disk > "dangerously dedicated." This in and of itself was fine, but I didn't > make it bootable. > > Then I went in with sysinstall and flipped the boot flag and wrote it out, > wondering if that would do it. It did, but in the process I got booteasy > installed as well. > > NOW, what happens is I get "F1 . . . BSD", but hitting F1 gets me > nowhere. > > Is there a quick way out of this conundrum, or am I going to have to blast > the disk to get around this? Boot a DOS diskette and do a fdisk /mbr > > Thanks, > > Brian > -- Life is pretty good until you stop believing in Santa Claus. It goes pretty much down hill from there. - Sum of All Our Fears
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