Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 17:18:11 -0500 From: Mike Urban <murban@webzone.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I just don't know... Message-ID: <376039A3.4AAF514B@webzone.net>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------81880D2DD59CE11CC5FFEB7A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > The original boot record has already been overwritten by FreeBSD's boot > loader... Besides, editing the boot record by hand involves using a hex > editor, which is probably more dangerous then using fdisk /mbr.Constantine > Shkolnyy wrote: > > > > > How to actually GET RID of the boot manager... Have decided that > > > > sharing > > > > disk space with FBSD on my Windoze machine just isn't working out, and > > > > FBSD should get its own box. Now that it's been moved to its own > > > > machine, I've removed FBSD from my Windows machine, but still have the > > > > boot manager loading. I tried SYS'ing from a bootup floppy, but that > > > > didn't do it. Please help! :) > > > > > > 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. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > --------------81880D2DD59CE11CC5FFEB7A Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-ID: <376037D5.A4E0611@webzone.net> Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 17:10:29 -0500 From: Mike Urban <murban@webzone.net> Reply-To: murban@webzone.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.36 i686) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "stan@osgroup.com" <stan@osgroup.com> Subject: Re: I just don't know... References: <01BEB35B.5D0001F0.stan@osgroup.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The original boot record has already been overwritten by FreeBSD's boot loader... Besides, editing the boot record by hand involves using a hex editor, which is probably more dangerous then using fdisk /mbr.Constantine Shkolnyy wrote: > > > How to actually GET RID of the boot manager... Have decided that > > > sharing > > > disk space with FBSD on my Windoze machine just isn't working out, and > > > FBSD should get its own box. Now that it's been moved to its own > > > machine, I've removed FBSD from my Windows machine, but still have the > > > boot manager loading. I tried SYS'ing from a bootup floppy, but that > > > didn't do it. Please help! :) > > > > 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. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > --------------81880D2DD59CE11CC5FFEB7A-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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