From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 5 20:21: 1 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from roc-66-66-72-6.rochester.rr.com (roc-66-66-72-6.rochester.rr.com [66.66.72.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A482437B41A for ; Fri, 5 Apr 2002 20:20:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by roc-66-66-72-6.rochester.rr.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D0442901A00; Fri, 5 Apr 2002 23:19:38 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 23:19:38 -0500 From: mpd To: Peter Leftwich Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: MBR, mfsroot.flp, handbook, and list fail me! Message-ID: <20020405231938.A16857@rochester.rr.com> References: <20020405230924.U68314-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020405230924.U68314-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>; from Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com on Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 11:11:50PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 11:11:50PM -0500, Peter Leftwich wrote: > I posted recently (twice, because the first one bounced back from a > hostname called something.mz or something.mx) about not being able to > demote my PC from a multi-MBR manager (master boot record) to just the > "Standard" MBR so that I won't be prompted with hitting F2 to choose > FreeBSD. Well, it's in the FAQ, though not in an obvious place. > > Someone please comment on how to do this (safely)? Thanks majornessly, Boot a DOS floppy, and type fdisk /mbr > > -- > Peter Leftwich mike -- ___________________________________________________________ "BARBECUE SAUCE ENHANCES THE FLAVOR" - Pokey the Penguin from "TIME FOR DESSERT" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message