Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 08:46:46 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Good <tomg@nrnet.org> To: Jeff <jlr@soltec.net> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How do I get rid of boot manager? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.981202084542.428B-100000@mailhost.nrnet.org> In-Reply-To: <199812021339.HAA20882@photon.soltec.net>
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On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Jeff wrote:
> Question, please: A while back, on my multi boot sys, which is Win
> 9x/NT 4.0 and FreeBSD 2.2.7 I believe I came up with a virus. One
> morning while getting on the PC I noticed my ONLY option at the
> boot prompt was F1 to go to DOS, no more F5 to go to FreeBSD.
> My question is, How can I get rid of boot easy option, the MBR and
> start over again, without destroying the functional system of Win
> 9x/NT4.0, and then re-install? It seems I remember a DOS
> command (I have also the complete DOS 6.22 on c:\) like format
> /mbr
Close...I booted with a dos disk and ran: fdisk /mbr.
This will do it on dos boxes, not sure about win95...although its
really dos 7.0.
Good luck!
> The problem is though, and I admit my inabilities here readily, I
> don't want to wipe out the whole MBR and lose both my current
> sys functionality. I am assuming most of you are already way out
> in front of me on this, and most of what I'm saying is probably
> redundant & bores you to tears. :)
>
> I would sure appreciate any help and substantive advice.
>
> Jeff Rogers
> jlr@soltec.net
>
>
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Cheers,
Tom
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