Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 14:40:52 -0700 (PDT) From: rick hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com> To: Constantine Shkolnyy <stan@osgroup.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: I just don't know... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.990610143922.17510C-100000@dsinw.com> In-Reply-To: <01BEB35B.5D0001F0.stan@osgroup.com>
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> > C:\> fdisk /mbr > > But where is the original boot sector stored? Wouldn't it be more > reliable to copy it back? fdisk will copy a standard boot sector > and sometimes it may be different from the original one. It is not > safe to suggest such a use of fdisk in general case, without prior > knowing of his configuration. That's what /mbr does, it restores an orginal copy of the boot sector. Besides unless he has other boot managers in addition, there is no reason to not use it. Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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