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Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 22:13:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
To: Brian Handy <handy@sag.space.lockheed.com>
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Subject: Re: MBR Woes
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boot off the floppy and select wd(0,a)/kernel
(or sd0)
then use:

disklabel -B wd0 
(or sd0)
that should fix it.

julian


On Wed, 17 Dec 1997, Brian Handy wrote:

> 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?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Brian
> 
>