From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 2 08:19:27 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03FF637B401 for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 08:19:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from web20103.mail.yahoo.com (web20103.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.226.40]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9241E43FA3 for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 08:19:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bsdneophyte@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20030402161924.4293.qmail@web20103.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [68.66.233.46] by web20103.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 02 Apr 2003 08:19:24 PST Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 08:19:24 -0800 (PST) From: Bsd Neophyte To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: rebuilding the MBR X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 16:19:27 -0000 i posted a message earlier, unfortunately, i received no responses. so i guess i'll ask a different question. i've moved my HD from one system to another. is it possible to rebuild the MBR? i'm booting from a promise controller. initially i was booting from the primary controller but now i'm booting from the second ide contoller now. i'm assuming there is a mismatch. i guess need to boot off of the generic kernel and reconfigure. i have a great deal of information on this drive, so i would really not like to do a reinstallation. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com