From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 27 17:24:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA05263 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 27 Aug 1998 17:24:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alpo.whistle.com (alpo.whistle.com [207.76.204.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA05035 for ; Thu, 27 Aug 1998 17:22:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from julian@whistle.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by alpo.whistle.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA16405; Thu, 27 Aug 1998 17:13:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from current1.whistle.com(207.76.205.22) via SMTP by alpo.whistle.com, id smtpdW16399; Fri Aug 28 00:13:43 1998 Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 17:13:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer To: Skye Poier cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD bootstrap In-Reply-To: <19980827144854.18692@ffwd.bc.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG yes and yes On Thu, 27 Aug 1998, Skye Poier wrote: > 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 yes > > As an aside, would fdisk /mbr wipe out my partition information or other > such damage on a FreeBSD dedicated drive? > yes (well it would zap the bootblock) > Thanks, > Skye > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message