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Date:      Sun, 3 Dec 2000 12:50:57 +1100 (EST)
From:      Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au>
To:        Peter Lai <PeterL@resnet.uconn.edu>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: how to restore broken bootsector
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012031249200.30136-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <9F36E367710D474E9806AA393FE737FB019EED@resnetnt.resnet.uconn.edu>

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On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Peter Lai wrote:

> while i was doing some upgrading, i think i accidently broke my MBR. I can
> boot using a fixit disk, and mount everything nicely, but when I try to boot
> regularly, the BIOS says "incorrect partition table" or something.
> 
> how would i rewrite that from either fixit or sysinstall?

  disklabel -w -B ad0 auto

man 8 disklabel


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        Andy Farkas
    System Administrator
   Speednet Communications
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