Date: Sun, 25 May 1997 21:02:05 -0800 (AKDT) From: Steve Howe <un_x@anchorage.net> To: Sean Eric Fagan <sef@Kithrup.COM> Cc: freebsd-questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Okay, I blew my boot blocks Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970525205806.22981C-100000@aak.anchorage.net> In-Reply-To: <199705260401.VAA11584@kithrup.com>
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On Sun, 25 May 1997, Sean Eric Fagan wrote: > >booteasy can be gotten via ftp (./tools? - i think) for DOS. > >you can run it and re-install it. or you can use your BSD boot.flp, > >and make some careful selections, and re-install a new MBR. > >(don't CHANGE anything! and don't SELECT anything other than a MBR!) > > Actually, it turns out the disk was totally hosed, as far as anything was > concerned. > > For example, NT, when I went to reinstall it, decided that my 1041MByte disk > has 2300MBytes free... :) > > I reformatted, and am reinstalling. *sigh* > > Sean. that's too bad! you shouldn't have had to do that! nothing will destroy your NT (except format/fdisk)! i'm sure if you played around you could have made it work. Linux has a good docs on bootstrapping, which i think is a good read for anyone dealing with multiple HD's/OS's ... check them out ... (how-to's or whatever!) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sleep: a sign a caffeine deprivation ... http://www.anchorage.net/~un_x -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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