Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 16:06:22 -0600 (CST) From: Jonathan Fosburgh <jef53313@Bayou.UH.EDU> To: Jeffrey VanderWal <jvande@cadvision.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Uninstalling Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95q.971110160311.21751A-100000@Bayou.UH.EDU> In-Reply-To: <01bcedba$48ab0a00$0e77e4cf@jvande.cadvision.com>
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> I am a system administrator at a school that has a server that once had > FreeBSD on it. Since our last administrator refused to part with his login > password etc, we have formatted the HD and are attempting to install new > hardware in the machine. Unfortunately, we cannot seem to boot the machine > any longer. I realize that FreeBSD uses "unique" boot MBRs. How do I > completely uninstall it? I have unplugged all extra cards in our server, > unplugged the hard drive and only the FDD remains. I have attempted to > clear the CMOS, but the system still refuses to boot past the system config > screen. Is this a hardware problem or did FreeBSD encode the Bios to look > at a different MBR in the FDD too? Any help at all is appreciated. Thanks. > Please tell me I am reading this wrong or you chose your wording poorly, but you formatted the hard drive? This is, certainly as far as I have ever heard, a big no-no. FIrst of all, why could you not log in as root and newpasswd the account (can be done with the -s option at boot if you dont know it) and set it to nologin? As to formatting the hard drive, well ... I have no idea what, if anything can be done. Jonathan Fosburgh, wotan@scientist.com , University of Houston Geophysics http://www.geocities.com/vienna/1498 FreeBSD: Turning PCs into Workstations http://www.freebsd.org ******************************************************************************* We shall not cease from exploration, And the end of our exploring shall be to arrive Where we started from, and know the place for the first time. --T.S. Eliot, The Four Quartets *******************************************************************************
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