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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Fri, 24 Jan 1997, Pete McNab wrote:

> Hey all...sick of me yet?

Absolutely not!  :)

> So, the latest bit of fun.  While downloading the Xfree86 source,
> I got a Windows 95 Registry Fault.  Upon restarting, I was unable
> to start FreeBSD, getting the "F?" prompt.  

The Registry is such a fun thing to deal with!

> So, I checked the CMOS to make sure the Cylinder settings were ok.
> Then I tried to rerun bootinst to fix the boot manager.  I got
> an error saying "Unable to write file bootsav.bin" (The backup file).
> 
> I ran fdisk /mbr, and upon rebooting, it went right into Windows, so
> I went back to DOS and ran bootinst again, getting the same error
> as before.  

Windows95 locks the boot sector, so you cannot install BootEasy under
win95.  I believe there is a 'lock' command that disables this; otherwise
you'll need a DOS 6.xx floppy.

> So, how can I get back to the happy world of FreeBSD?

In the interim you should be able to use the install floppy and type 

wd(0,a)/kernel

to get started, assuming your FreeBSD slice is on your first IDE disk.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major