From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 10 18:28:19 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA17890 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 10 Nov 1997 18:28:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from BIGFUN.vwcom.com (BIGFUN.vwcom.com [151.197.101.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA17885 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 1997 18:28:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bmc@WillsCreek.COM) Received: from WillsCreek.COM (gw.willscreek.com [151.197.101.46]) by BIGFUN.vwcom.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id VAA03158 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 1997 21:23:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from current.willscreek.com (current.willscreek.com [172.16.87.1]) by WillsCreek.COM (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA04036 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 1997 21:28:06 -0500 (EST) Received: (from bmc@localhost) by current.willscreek.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA00608; Mon, 10 Nov 1997 21:28:04 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 21:28:04 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199711110228.VAA00608@current.willscreek.com> From: Brian Clapper MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Uninstalling In-Reply-To: <90018188@toto.iv> X-Mailer: VM 6.23 under Emacs 19.34.1 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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.