From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 17 10:48:15 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B100A1524B for ; Wed, 17 Nov 1999 10:48:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with smtp (Exim 1.92 #3) id 11oA7n-000Mws-00; Wed, 17 Nov 1999 18:48:11 +0000 Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 18:48:11 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick To: Mark Pearson Cc: Tonysux =?iso-8859-1?Q?=A0?= , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Boot Manager Problem In-Reply-To: <3831D457.6AC98BFB@spltd.force9.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Does anyone have any thoughts on the osbsbeta boot manager? I haven't tried it, but if it's better, i may give it a shot. On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Mark Pearson wrote: >All you need are two files; 'bootinst.exe' & the boot file 'boot.bin'. >Type bootinst boot.bin at a DOS prompt and the program will ask you >which disk if you have more than one and save your current MBR for a >future restore. >Both files are in the tools dir. on the CD-ROM or the FTP site. >/stand/sysinstall can do the same via the label editor - just quit >without changing anything and the next menu should be a prompt re the >boot manager. > > >Regards, >Mark > >Tonysux wrote: > >> Ok, i installed FreeBSD today, and forgot to install the boot manager. >> I figure, i can fix it by reinstalling, but i don't want reinstall >> because it would take a long time again. So, how would I install the >> boot manager by using a sysinstall or a fixit disk without >> reinstalling? My book doesn't help and the two IRC EFnet channels >> arn't helping either. ThanksTony > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -jonathon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message