Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 10:35:35 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: bultman@rikz.rws.minvenw.nl Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Re-install bootmanager (without destroying disk-contents) Message-ID: <199803101635.KAA09499@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <199803101530.QAA20698@rikz.rws.minvenw.nl> from "bultman@rikz.rws.minvenw.nl" at "Mar 10, 98 04:30:26 pm"
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In a previous message, bultman@rikz.rws.minvenw.nl said: > Hi, > > While re-installing the Windows95 half of my hard-disk at home, > this procedure also removed my bootmanager. How can I re-install > the bootmanager without going through the complete FreeBSD install > routine, which will destroy the contents of my current FreeBSD > system (as soon as the FreeBSD disks are 'partitioned')? > If I reboot the system with the FreeBSD floppy disk, it won't > recognize that there's an existing system present. > > Thanks for any and all help. > Answers directly to bultman@rikz.rws.minvenw.nl please. > On the CD (or ftp site) there is a directory, tools. In there is booteasy and os-bs. Copy those down to Windows-95 and expand on of them out (I like OS-BS, but booteasy works fine too). Re-boot into DOS and install it. -- "Goodness knows, the trunk is big enough. It's big enough for two." --South African Frank Thompson, rationalizing the fact that he forced his black servant to ride around in the trunk of the family car, 1969. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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