Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 18:46:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Paul Walsh <paul@nation-net.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot Manager Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960920184532.224E-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <32426597.611A@nation-net.com>
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On Fri, 20 Sep 1996, Paul Walsh wrote: > > Known bug. The boot manager was installed to the second drive, which of > > course doesn't help. Install it yourself by grabbing the 'bootinst.exe' > > and 'boot.bin' files out of /tools off of the CDROM or > > ftp.freebsd.org:/pub/FreeBSD/tools. Then run 'bootinst' to put booteasy > > on. > > > > You'll have to do this from DOS. I assume WinNT has the same > > write-protected boot sector that win95 does. > > Is it true that bootinst has to be run from 'real' dos and not win95 dos? Yes. Windows 95 write-protects the boot sector to protect from boot sector viruses. You have to use DOS ( < v7) to change it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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