From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 5 21:35: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from russian-caravan.cloud9.net (russian-caravan.cloud9.net [168.100.1.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99E8737B419 for ; Fri, 5 Apr 2002 21:35:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from earl-grey.cloud9.net (earl-grey.cloud9.net [168.100.1.1]) by russian-caravan.cloud9.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EA4F28E37; Sat, 6 Apr 2002 00:35:00 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 00:35:00 -0500 (EST) From: Peter Leftwich X-X-Sender: To: mpd Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: MBR, mfsroot.flp, handbook, and list fail me! In-Reply-To: <20020405231938.A16857@rochester.rr.com> Message-ID: <20020406003149.D68445-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> Organization: Video2Video Services - http://Www.Video2Video.Com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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, 5 Apr 2002, mpd wrote: > Well, it's in the FAQ, though not in an obvious place. Is the FAQ == the online handbook? Could you refresher me with a URL? > PL> Someone please comment on how to do this (safely)? Thanks majornessly, > Boot a DOS floppy, and type fdisk /mbr > mike > "BARBECUE SAUCE ENHANCES THE FLAVOR" - Pokey the Penguin from "TIME FOR DESSERT" The problem is I have the following result from typing "mount:" /dev/ad0s1 on /msdos (msdos, local) /dev/ad0s2a on / (ufs, local) Is it possible to boot to 4.5-RELEASE floppies, start a fixit holographic shell (aggravation city, frustration state, 01010) and do a similar FreeBSD fdisk or mbr command? Thanks for your continued help on this issue, -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message