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From: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org>
To: icarus@clic.net
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Subject: Re: Problem
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On Thu, 19 Dec 1996 icarus@clic.net wrote:

> Hi! Sorry to bother you. I just tried to install FreeBSD on my computer but 
> realised that I should do a backup first, so I've quit the install program 
> (from 3½ diskette). I think I'll wait till I get my new computer (more disk 
> space). The only problem is that when my computer boots, I got an uninvited 
> guest :
> 
> F1. .. dos
> 
> Default: F1
> 
> I know I did mess it up, but could you help me get rid of that? Here's my 
> computer : 486DX33, running Win3.1
> 
> Thanks a lot for any help that you could provide!
> 

This problem is very easy to fix.

>From DOS, run
FDISK /MBR

That's it.


 Ben

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