Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 16:41:49 -0500 From: Len Huppe <huppe@execpc.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot manager Message-ID: <37B4911C.329295CB@execpc.com> References: <37B364B4.AAA682C9@execpc.com> <Pine.SC5.4.10.9908131353420.20150-100000@kea.pinnacle.co.nz> <19990813114302.I456@freebie.lemis.com>
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I knew there was s simple way to do this :) Thanks Greg > Greg Lehey wrote: > On Friday, 13 August 1999 at 13:56:08 +1200, Jonathan Chen wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Len Huppe wrote: > > > >> Hi All, > >> > >> Is there a way to remove the boot manager and/or have FreeBSD boot > >> automatically without any user input? I have a system with boot manager > >> installed and I don't want to deal with the boot manager. > > > > During installation, if you don't request a boot manager, the FreeBSD > > partition automatically becomes the active partition. > > > > If you already have a boot-manager installed, you can remove it by > > using DOS's: > > > > fdisk /mbr > > That doesn't remove it, it replaces it with Microsoft's boot sector. > This requires Microsoft, of course. You can also write a new > bootstrap with FreeBSD's disklabel command: > > # disklabel -B wd0 > > Greg > -- > When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers > finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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