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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 16:34:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Brett Neely <bneely@cdrom.com>
Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, emile@global.california.com
Subject: Re: bootinst.exe: error 3 updating boot record
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On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Brett Neely wrote:

> On a system running Windows 95 and containing two IDE drives (first drive
> is windows, second drive is FreeBSD 3.1), running "bootinst.exe boot.bin"
> is giving the message "Error 3 updating boot record."

Windows locks the boot sector.  Run 'lock' first, then 'bootinst'.

Doug White                               
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