Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:24:24 -0500 From: wc_fbsd@xxiii.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Solved, thanks! And a hot software tip (was: How to remove Boot Menu) Message-ID: <6.2.5.6.2.20060223111821.03344c00@xxiii.com> In-Reply-To: <43FA0FA9.4040508@tundraware.com> References: <Pine.BSO.4.63.0602170708320.3834@badboybox.cableone.net> <43F73BFD.3080702@computer.org> <Pine.BSO.4.63.0602192049520.3834@badboybox.cableone.net> <6.2.5.6.2.20060220133249.026ebae8@xxiii.com> <43FA0FA9.4040508@tundraware.com>
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Hi.... thanks to everyone who responded, Esp Tim D. on my question about removing the FBSD boot manager. A plain old DOS FDISK /MBR zapped it, and left my BSD installation untouched. Problem is.... yet again, I needed a dang DOS boot disk. I've been thinking for years it would be cool to have a boot CD-Rom instead, that could load up into a ram disk, yada, yada.... Well someone already did it, and did a damn thorough job: The Ultimate Boot CD http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ is a must-have piece of free-ware for anyone maintaining "win-tel" PCs, regardless of the operating system in use. See the site for a complete list. But basically the guy has pulled together dozens of manufacturer specific diagnostics, firmware flashers, etc onto one CD that can run them directly, or get you a shell in dos or linux, and be able to mount pretty much any file system out there. Good Stuff! Check it out. And [maybe] finally trash those floppies for good. -Wayne
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