From owner-freebsd-qa Mon Dec 10 17:19:33 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-qa@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CC9A37B417; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 17:19:31 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jhb@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fBB1Elj76463; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 17:14:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb) Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 17:14:47 -0800 (PST) From: Message-Id: <200112110114.fBB1Elj76463@freefall.freebsd.org> To: jmallett@xMach.org, jhb@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/28800: sysinstall provides no way to overwrite MBR without repartitioning. Sender: owner-freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Synopsis: sysinstall provides no way to overwrite MBR without repartitioning. State-Changed-From-To: analyzed->closed State-Changed-By: jhb State-Changed-When: Mon Dec 10 17:13:23 PST 2001 State-Changed-Why: This functionality already exists in sysinstall and has for a very, very long time. I've used it quite frequently. Simply start up sysinstall, choose Configure -> FDisk, choose a disk, then hit 'W' to force a write. It will then prompt asking what type of MBR boot loader to use. Choose which one you want and it will then update the MBR. http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=28800 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-qa" in the body of the message