Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 17:13:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Skye Poier <skye@ffwd.bc.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD bootstrap Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980827171258.3854D-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <19980827144854.18692@ffwd.bc.ca>
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yes and yes On Thu, 27 Aug 1998, Skye Poier wrote: > Hello, > > While doing some tests on the integrity of my swap partition recently I > seem to have messed up the BSD bootstrap thingy (when I try and boot > from hard drive, the computer locks solid, no boot: prompt). Luckily > I have a boot disk, I can boot from the HD if I type 0:wd(0,a)kernel > from its boot: prompt. > > I'm running 2.2.6-RELEASE and the harddrive is "dangerously dedicated". > > is this the correct command to restore the bootstrap? > > # disklabel -B wd0 yes > > As an aside, would fdisk /mbr wipe out my partition information or other > such damage on a FreeBSD dedicated drive? > yes (well it would zap the bootblock) > Thanks, > Skye > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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