Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 11:43:03 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> Cc: Len Huppe <huppe@execpc.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot manager Message-ID: <19990813114302.I456@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SC5.4.10.9908131353420.20150-100000@kea.pinnacle.co.nz>; from Jonathan Chen on Fri, Aug 13, 1999 at 01:56:08PM %2B1200 References: <37B364B4.AAA682C9@execpc.com> <Pine.SC5.4.10.9908131353420.20150-100000@kea.pinnacle.co.nz>
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On Friday, 13 August 1999 at 13:56:08 +1200, Jonathan Chen wrote: > On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Len Huppe wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> Is there a way to remove the boot manager and/or have FreeBSD boot >> automatically without any user input? I have a system with boot manager >> installed and I don't want to deal with the boot manager. > > During installation, if you don't request a boot manager, the FreeBSD > partition automatically becomes the active partition. > > If you already have a boot-manager installed, you can remove it by > using DOS's: > > fdisk /mbr That doesn't remove it, it replaces it with Microsoft's boot sector. This requires Microsoft, of course. You can also write a new bootstrap with FreeBSD's disklabel command: # disklabel -B wd0 Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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