Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 20:03:12 +0300 From: Alexander Derevyanko <der@pc759.cs.msu.su> To: "Jeays, Mike - SDD/DDS" <statcan.ca!mike.jeays@pc759.cs.msu.su> Cc: FreeBSD.ORG!questions@pc759.cs.msu.su Subject: Re: Getting RID of the boot manager Message-ID: <39E5EED0.370125C0@pc759.cs.msu.su> References: <F2DCDE350C71D411A68900902715763B9F6394@msxa4.itsd.statcan.ca>
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"Jeays, Mike - SDD/DDS" wrote: > > > > > From: Mike Meyer [mailto:mwm@mired.org] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 2:24 PM > > To: Rick Hamell; forrie@forrie.com > > Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: Re: Getting RID of the boot manager > > > Rick Hamell writes: > > > > Once the boot manager is installed, how can we safely get rid of it. > I > > > > can see where one might "dd" some garbage to the first 512 bytes on > the > > > > sector, but I want to be sure :) > > > The best and quickest way I've found is fdisk /mbr with a DOS > > > disk... (one of the few things it can do right.) If you need a dos boot > > > disk check www.bootdisk.com > > > You can get the same effect without a DOS disk with "fdisk -B /dev/.." > > while running freebsd. This also works if you manage to fry the boot > > sector of a Windows partition; just point it at the partition instead > > of the disk. > > > <mike > > As a related question, I have a Win95 disk on the primary drive, > and FreeBSD on the secondary. I would like to switch the Win95 > disk for a larger one, and re-install Win95 on it. Once the first > drive has been removed, I won't be able to get FreeBSD to boot. > Nor will my machine support booting from the CD. > > How should I proceed, please? Boot from floppy, when it loads kernel say it to boot from another device. Of course, you change switch on secondary to be master or single ? > > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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