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On Sun, 23 Jul 1995, Mark Sacco wrote:

> I've been trying to install FreeBSD 2.0 and am at a point where I'd like to
> remove the Boot Manager to try again. 
> 
> I've gone so far as to remove the hard drive, reformat it, etc. and I still
> get the Boot manager prompt at Power Up. Did this thing write to the CMOS?
> 
> Look forward to your response, really......
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Hi

if you are using msdos

fdisk /mbr works.

I used it to get rid of the boot code of Linux.

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Didier Derny
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