From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 23 23:12:20 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 B2B0A16A4DE for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 23:12:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from infofarmer@gmail.com) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3155443D46 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 23:12:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from infofarmer@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id s18so184076nze for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 15:12:19 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=iW/HNJcOnLrzNVs2z/mjEjoiL8uh0AXH3ZYaGcSMLt6U3bXgPN1uJl1G7E9ZtxhWR6kWJtWLsCwuzemqs0WVsGONBJ1jx6zDziIikEzlV/t3H/GB1hthmATMpINaze8Hp2IvCeeSh/vvnS3NHygUnTuif2SBFmaJTGRScCvEfIU= Received: by 10.37.2.49 with SMTP id e49mr642644nzi; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 15:12:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.37.20.11 with HTTP; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 15:12:19 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 02:12:19 +0300 From: "Andrew Pantyukhin" To: "wc_fbsd@xxiii.com" In-Reply-To: <6.2.5.6.2.20060223111821.03344c00@xxiii.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <43F73BFD.3080702@computer.org> <6.2.5.6.2.20060220133249.026ebae8@xxiii.com> <43FA0FA9.4040508@tundraware.com> <6.2.5.6.2.20060223111821.03344c00@xxiii.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Solved, thanks! And a hot software tip (was: How to remove Boot Menu) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 23:12:21 -0000 On 2/23/06, wc_fbsd@xxiii.com wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > "wintel" stands for windows+intel :-) how about Freeon - FreeBSD+{Athlon|Sempron|Opteron}? Thanks for the tip. I've been wondering how one can do that, but never got to googling. I'm still afraid to mess with production servers, though zapping the boot manager would save a few seconds each reboot (hmm, once every few years :). UBCD is great, especially when you get hold of mkisofs and start customizing it. I had to learn it when I needed to reflash a server without FDD. It only took an hour to find a guide, experiment and have a new ubcd containing all the firmwares I need. Hiren is also very good, but it contains warez mostly, so beware. There are many other alternatives out there.