From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 30 21:11:04 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id VAA03019 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 30 Sep 1995 21:11:04 -0700 Received: from po4.andrew.cmu.edu (PO4.ANDREW.CMU.EDU [128.2.10.104]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id VAA03011 for ; Sat, 30 Sep 1995 21:11:02 -0700 Received: (from postman@localhost) by po4.andrew.cmu.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id AAA14656 for freebsd-questions@freefall.FreeBSD.org; Sun, 1 Oct 1995 00:10:56 -0400 Received: via switchmail; Sun, 1 Oct 1995 00:10:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unix22.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Sun, 1 Oct 1995 00:09:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unix22.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Sun, 1 Oct 1995 00:09:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Messages.8.5.N.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.unix22.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4c.411 via MS.5.6.unix22.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4c_411; Sun, 1 Oct 1995 00:09:36 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 00:09:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert N Watson To: freebsd-questions@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: restore In-Reply-To: <199509290551.WAA00640@everest> References: <199509290551.WAA00640@everest> Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 ---- Robert Watson (rnw+@andrew.cmu.edu) * Double major: IDS/CS * H&SS http://www.watson.org/ robert@fledge.watson.org