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On Sat 06 Apr 02 07:42, Mike Meyer wrote:
>
> On FreeBSD, the equivalent of "fdisk /mbr" is "fdisk -B", or maybe
> "fdisk -B ad0".
>
> 	<mike
Mike,

I must beg to differ : I have recently been trying to get the same 
thing done.  I can confirm that "fdisk -B ad0" is safe, as is "boot0cfg 
-B", but these install the BSD boot manager, which insists on offereing 
you a menu during the boot process.

Peter's question (and mine too now :) is how to "demote" it to the 
standard mbr which just boots without pausing?

Is the DOS Floppy route the only answer ?

Patrick.

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