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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
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904091634200.28562-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990409100511.5257A-100000@pike.cdrom.com>

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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                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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