Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 00:09:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert N Watson <rnw+@andrew.cmu.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: restore Message-ID: <QkPVG0u00YUyEDk20O@andrew.cmu.edu> In-Reply-To: <199509290551.WAA00640@everest> References: <199509290551.WAA00640@everest>
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Excerpts from internet.computing.freebsd-questions: 28-Sep-95 restore
bmk@dtr.com (260*)
> How can I reinstall the boot manager on 2.0.5? I've done it using the
> boot floppy - but there has to be another way, right?
> Let's assume for a minute that I've lost my boot floppy and my net
> connectivity. (I haven't, but that doesn't change the question.)
Grab a copy of the file bteasy14.zip from
ftp.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD/tools/dos-tools -- unzip it and run bootinst,
and it should do what you need. Or, at least, it installs the boot
manager -- I'm assuming you haven't lost the boot loader (the boot: menu
for kernel selection.)
Robert
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Robert Watson (rnw+@andrew.cmu.edu) * Double major: IDS/CS * H&SS
http://www.watson.org/ robert@fledge.watson.org
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