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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Kris Pietila <person@interlog.com>
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Subject: Re: Installing
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On Sat, 14 Dec 1996, Kris Pietila wrote:

> When I am installing FreeBSD I get a message "Can't create /root partition"
> and then it gives me a couple of other errors and the installation aborts
> and now I have the boot manager installed with no need for it.  How do I
> remove the boot manager?  

If you are trying to install, delete the FreeBSD partition with DOS FDISK
then try again.  Never install over failed installs.

Next, you can remove the boot manager by typing at DOS:

fdisk /mbr

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major