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Date:      Thu, 29 May 1997 18:27:47 +0300 (IDT)
From:      Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
To:        William Bulley <web@merit.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: boot easy query (FreeBSD)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970529182708.19924A-100000@gatekeeper.barcode.co.il>
In-Reply-To: <199705291309.JAA06113@ohm.merit.edu>

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On Thu, 29 May 1997, William Bulley wrote:

> Is there any utility/tool in all of the FreeBSD vastness to allow
> the after-the-fact (post-installation) re-installation of the boot
> manager (F1 == DOS, F2 == FreeeBSD) "Boot Easy" utility?

Yeah, bootinst.exe in the /tools directory of the CD and ftp site. It's a 
DOS program and it may require you to boot *real* DOS.

> 
> After I installed FreeBSD, I had to re-install Windows 95 and
> (thanks to Bill Gates) it overwrote the FreeBSD installation
> of the "Boot Easy" thingy.  So, I eventually ended up re-installing
> FreeBSD -- ugly, so I was hoping there was an easier way.
> 
> BTW, I did check the FAQ and didn't see anything (plus I looked for
> files with *boot* in the name in the man pages: sections one and eight,
> but no joy...)   :-(
> 
> Regards,
> 
> web...
> 
> -- 
> William Bulley                     Email: web@merit.edu
> Merit Network Inc.                 Ann Arbor, Michigan
> 
Nadav



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