Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 23:19:28 -0500 From: Peter Lai <PeterL@resnet.uconn.edu> To: 'Andy Farkas ' <andyf@speednet.com.au>, Peter Lai <PeterL@resnet.uconn.edu> Cc: "''freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' '" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: how to restore broken bootsector Message-ID: <9F36E367710D474E9806AA393FE737FB019EF8@resnetnt.resnet.uconn.edu>
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yeah will i fixed it using /stand/sysinstall
going into the the partition editor and setting /dev/ad0s1 as bootable,
hitting 'w' (which btw, is not listed during the installation process), and
rebooting.
-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Farkas
To: Peter Lai
Cc: 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'
Sent: 12/2/2000 8:50 PM
Subject: Re: how to restore broken bootsector
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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