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Date:      Tue, 28 Jan 1997 02:44:12 -0800 (PST)
From:      Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org>
To:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc:        Pete McNab <stillers@slip.net>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Boot manager toasted by Win95
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970128024316.25251I-100000@narcissus.ml.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970127163031.21224F-100000@localhost>

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On Mon, 27 Jan 1997, Doug White wrote:

> On Fri, 24 Jan 1997, Pete McNab wrote:
> 
> > I ran fdisk /mbr, and upon rebooting, it went right into Windows, so
> > I went back to DOS and ran bootinst again, getting the same error
> > as before.  
> 
> Windows95 locks the boot sector, so you cannot install BootEasy under
> win95.  I believe there is a 'lock' command that disables this; otherwise
> you'll need a DOS 6.xx floppy.

Here's one I can answer -- I'm pretty sure it uses good old DOS-style 
"attrib".
 
> 
> Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
> Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
> http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major
> 
> 



 Ben

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