From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 11 03:55:07 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id DAA23473 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 11 May 1997 03:55:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from iceberg.anchorage.net. (root@iceberg.anchorage.net [207.14.72.150]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id DAA23462 for ; Sun, 11 May 1997 03:55:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from aak.anchorage.net (ai-130 [207.14.72.130]) by iceberg.anchorage.net. (8.6.11/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA29899; Sun, 11 May 1997 01:52:20 -0800 Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 02:43:28 -0800 (AKDT) From: Steve Howe X-Sender: abc@aak.anchorage.net To: Nadav Eiron cc: Richard Johnson , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to re-install bootmanager? In-Reply-To: <33756BEE.7537@barcode.co.il> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 11 May 1997, Nadav Eiron wrote: > Richard Johnson wrote: > > > > I installed freebsd while keeping a DOS partition as partition#0 on my drive. > > Initially I installed bootmanager and it allowed me to boot whichever I wanted > > just perfectly. However, now I have installed Windoze95 into partition#0 > > and it overwrote the bootmanager code. How do I go about re-installing > > bootmanager? > > > > /raj > > Boot a DOS disketter (Win95 DOS mode might not do), and run bootinst.exe > from the /tools directory on the CD/ftp site. i've done it before by just booting the bootfloppy and carefully doiing a custom install. i thing i just didn't select anything or modify anything but chose the MBR and then "committed" ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sleep: a sign a caffeine deprivation ... http://www.anchorage.net/~un_x -------------------------------------------------------------------------