Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 20:58:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: Patrick O'Reilly <bsd@perimeter.co.za>, Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1018503724.67c309@mired.org>, mpd <mpd6334@cs.rit.edu>, FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: MBR, mfsroot.flp, handbook, and list fail me! [dnelson] Message-ID: <20020415205617.S24688-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> In-Reply-To: <20020406195912.GA63541@dan.emsphone.com>
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On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, Dan Nelson wrote: > > Mike, I must beg to differ : I have recently been trying to get the same thing done. I can confirm that "fdisk -B ad0" is safe, as is "boot0cfg -B", but these install the BSD boot manager, which insists on offereing you a menu during the boot process. > > Peter's question (and mine too now :) is how to "demote" it to the standard mbr which just boots without pausing? > fdisk -B -b /boot/mbr ad0 Since you are using "ad0" in the command line, must you first `cd /dev` then run this command? > will put a "dumb" mbr on that only knows how to chain to the bootblock of the first active partition. > Dan Nelson > dnelson@allantgroup.com What does "chain to the bootblock of the first active partition" mean? Still somewhat floundering around, embee-are-ogically speaking, -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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