Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 13:59:12 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: "Patrick O'Reilly" <bsd@perimeter.co.za> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1018503724.67c309@mired.org>, Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>, mpd <mpd6334@cs.rit.edu>, FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: MBR, mfsroot.flp, handbook, and list fail me! Message-ID: <20020406195912.GA63541@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <200204062154.05155@.perimeter.co.za> References: <20020405231938.A16857@rochester.rr.com> <20020406003149.D68445-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> <15534.35499.959649.111092@guru.mired.org> <200204062154.05155@.perimeter.co.za>
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In the last episode (Apr 06), Patrick O'Reilly said: > 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? fdisk -B -b /boot/mbr ad0 will put a "dumb" mbr on that only knows how to chain to the bootblock of the first active partition. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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