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Dear Kevin:

Sounds great! Just what I need. One question before I proceed: what is
the holographic shell. Please be specific and provide step-by-step
instructions. I am a bit nervous about this kind of brain surgery.

Thank you again.

Benjamin
>
> To write the MBR on the first disk, just boot the CD and select the
> holographic shell. At that point, enter the command:
> boot0cfg -B ad0
>
> That should do the trick. There are several other ways to do this, but
> this is the first one I thought of for your situation.
>