From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 13 13:52:41 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp-send.myrealbox.com (smtp-send.myrealbox.com [192.108.102.143]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4680037B406 for ; Mon, 13 May 2002 13:52:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jud [12.33.164.6] by myrealbox.com with NIMS ModWeb Module; Mon, 13 May 2002 16:52:35 -0400 Subject: Re: ntfs/mbr[removing BSD boot manager] From: "Jud" To: jogegabsd@intelnet.net.gt Cc: questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 16:52:35 -0400 X-Mailer: NIMS ModWeb Module X-Sender: jud MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <1021323155.65f4cffcjud@myrealbox.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -----Original Message----- From: "jogegabsd" To: Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 09:37:06 -0500 Subject: ntfs/mbr[removing BSD boot manager] Hello All. Discussing ntfs/mbr thread a question came by. How do I remove the BSD boot manager if I want to use the windows XP one. thanks in advance Gerardo _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ There's likely something else you can do in XP, but I've never used XP - th= ese are the ways I know. Boot to DOS using a Win98 boot floppy. (If you don't have one, format a:/s= may work in a command window if WinXP has one available, or "copy system= files" may be an available option in Win XP's format dialog.) Then boot= from the floppy and either: (1) at the DOS prompt, type fdisk /mbr, or (2) you may be able to achieve the same effect by typing fdisk, then going = through the fdisk options to mark your Win partition active. Don't just remove the FreeBSD boot manager. Without a boot loader/manager,= your computer won't boot. (Just call me Master of the Obvious.:) Jud -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message