Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 08:26:31 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Keith Jones <keith@blueberry.co.uk>, brian@worldcontrol.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help! Need a new MBR! Message-ID: <35813A97.9875E91F@softweyr.com> References: <3580C342.6288BE4D@softweyr.com> <19980611113542.63967@blueberry.co.uk>
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Wes Peters recently pleaded:
% Is there anyway to reinstall BootEasy *without* creating a DOS
% boot floppy first?
Keith Jones wrote:
> If you still have a FreeBSD boot floppy (or CDROM), you can boot
> from that, and use /stand/sysinstall and fdisk to reinstall the MBR.
> When in fdisk, select the device on which you are to install the MBR,
> hit 'W' (write changes) without editing the partition information
> (this will not hose your disk, honest!) and select 'BootEasy' on the
> following screen, then OK.
(Brian@worldcontrol.com had answered similarly, but was unsure of
whether it would help, or just hose my system completely. ;^)
It worked like a charm. I can now boot FreeBSD from the HD, and
BeOS from the floppy, which is acceptable until I can confer with
the BeOS support team. Thank you very much.
Reply cc'd to questions for archival purposes. Great tech support,
as usual, FreeBSD'ers.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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