Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 14:50:04 -0500 (EST) From: ken westerback <Krw@titan.tcn.net> To: Howard Goldstein <hgoldste@bbs.mpcs.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bootmanager - easier way to reinstall? Message-ID: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.970326144848.3528A-100000@titan.tcn.net> In-Reply-To: <199703261715.MAA23893@bbs.mpcs.com>
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On the CD-ROM there is a DOS program /tools/bootinst that installs booteasy. At least there is for 2.1.7. ---- Ken On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, Howard Goldstein wrote: > Another os had to go in the first partition of a system that had > 2.1.5R in it's third partion. OK, the "other" os was win95 but I had > no choice. > > In the process slick billy's baby overwrote the MBR to ensure that > competing os's would have a hard time booting via boot managers. > > I could only figure out how to bring FreeBSD's boot manager back by > going through a custom install from the floppy, mounting the slices > but not selecting any packages to install. It worked but the process > toasted a few useful /etc files (sysconfig and fstab). > > Question: Is there a better way to reinstall boot manager? > >
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