From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 21 8:31:34 2002 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 A35E537B401 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 08:31:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FF9243E4A for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 08:31:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gALGVNx2073149 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 16:31:23 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gALGVIRT073148 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 16:31:18 GMT Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 16:31:18 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot stuck at F1 after swapping drives Message-ID: <20021121163118.GA45955@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20021121051338.8D7FC27F@CRWdog.demon.co.uk> <1037895820.9394.5.camel@natewks2.ad.newisys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1037895820.9394.5.camel@natewks2.ad.newisys.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.0 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01, USER_AGENT,USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.43 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 10:23:40AM -0600, Andrew Y Ng wrote: > I'm wondering if I can just get rid of the booter, I only have one OS on > my FreeBSD drive, so it doesn't really make sense to have a booter with > only one option, I don't know, but when I had NetBSD I didn't even have > a booter. How do I get right of boot0? fdisk -B -b /boot/mbr ad0 (or da0 if you've got a SCSI hard drive). Do make sure you make a note of the output of 'fdisk -v' before you begin, in case of accidents. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message