Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 21:28:17 -0600 (MDT) From: ML Duke <mlduke@concentric.net> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Warning (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9810092127480.358-100000@concentric.net>
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Its pretty well known that installing wincrap95 after a fbsd install will destroy our boot managers--it might be less well known that installing msie (can't bring myself to use capital letters) will do the same thing. Its actually a w95 (in this case) upgrade and it became "necessary" in order to run some real time commodities reporting software--even though I don't even _use_ the 70 meg piece of bloat. Pardon the rant, but it wiped out the boot manager without (1) asking or (2) reporting. To reinstall get "bootinst.exe" and "boot.bin" from /tools and run: "bootinst.exe boot.bin" in DOS OR: Run the appropriate install boot floppy, go to custom installation (for experts--making us newbies feel good) and select partition, then select the dos disk, change nothing but key "w" for "write" select "boot manager" and you're back in business--which is the process I just used. Its in the FAQ quite clearly. ML Duke To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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