Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 21:28:04 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Clapper <bmc@WillsCreek.COM> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Uninstalling Message-ID: <199711110228.VAA00608@current.willscreek.com> In-Reply-To: <90018188@toto.iv>
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Jeffrey VanderWal wrote: > 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. Boot off a DOS boot floppy that has FDISK.EXE installed on it. Run `FDISK /MBR' to restore the traditional DOS master boot record. ----- Brian Clapper, bmc@WillsCreek.COM, http://WWW.WillsCreek.COM/ Anybody with money to burn will easily find someone to tend the fire.
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