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Date:      Thu, 13 Jul 2000 21:09:11 -0700 (PDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Gemini Domino <computerdeity@geocities.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Gunnar H Reichert-Weygold <gunnar@paganlibrary.com>
Subject:   Re: Boot loader CLEARING active parition flags??!?!
Message-ID:  <XFMail.000713210911.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <001601bfed2f$acb2ad60$0200a8c0@castor>

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On 14-Jul-00 Gemini Domino wrote:
> Maybe if I turned that option off then... Because every time it happens, I
> have to go in and set the partition to active again (if I dont, the system
> hangs before even GETTING to the boot manager.) When I reset it then boot
> into windows, all is good. Otherwise it happens. How can I turn this option
> off?

You can use boot0cfg to turn the update feature off.  However, it should not
hang before loading the boot manager.

I will look at boot0 tonight to try and not turn off the active flag if F5
is pressed.

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