From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 18 06:02:37 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id GAA19863 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 06:02:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id GAA19847 for ; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 06:02:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA09447; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 08:01:57 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199712181401.IAA09447@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: MBR Woes To: handy@sag.space.lockheed.com (Brian Handy) Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 08:01:57 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from Brian Handy at "Dec 17, 97 07:03:37 pm" X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services - 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 X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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