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From: Skye Poier <skye@ffwd.bc.ca>
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Subject: BSD bootstrap
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Hello,

While doing some tests on the integrity of my swap partition recently I
seem to have messed up the BSD bootstrap thingy (when I try and boot
from hard drive, the computer locks solid, no boot: prompt).  Luckily
I have a boot disk, I can boot from the HD if I type 0:wd(0,a)kernel
from its boot: prompt.

I'm running 2.2.6-RELEASE and the harddrive is "dangerously dedicated".

is this the correct command to restore the bootstrap?

# disklabel -B wd0

As an aside, would fdisk /mbr wipe out my partition information or other
such damage on a FreeBSD dedicated drive?

Thanks,
Skye


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