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From: Ray Kohler <rkohler1@cox.rr.com>
To: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie>
Subject: Re: Boot Loader?
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 20:05:00 -0500
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On Monday 21 January 2002 06:48 pm, Ian Dowse wrote:
> In message <0a3135548221512FE4@Mail4.mgfairfax.rr.com>, Ray 
Kohler writes:
> >> Currently my system uses the standard MBR to point to the hard
> >> disk for booting, but I want to go a step further....
> >>
> >> (A)    How can I install the 'FreeBSD Boot Loader' at this
> >> late stage without damaging my current installation?
> >
> >Run "disklabel -B ad0" (substitute another disk for ad0 if
> >appropriate.) You can do this now or after installing linux, it
> >doesn't matter.
>
> The disklabel program is normally used to replace the boot code
> within the FreeBSD slice, not the MBR (with "dangerously
> dedicated" disks it does touch the MBR). The utility that you
> want is "boot0cfg", which installs and configures the "F1
> FreeBSD" style MBR boot manager. Just run
>
> 	boot0cfg -Bv ad0
>
> and this will replace the standard MBR code with the boot0 boot
> manager. Type "man boot0cfg" for more information.

My bad. I just hope the OP didn't go do it already. (Although I've 
run disklabel on non-dedicated disks before and had no problems 
from it. Huh.)

-- 
Ray Kohler
Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place 
for it.

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