Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 22:13:58 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Brian Handy <handy@sag.space.lockheed.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MBR Woes Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971217221244.6793A-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.96.971217190140.19866X-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com>
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boot off the floppy and select wd(0,a)/kernel (or sd0) then use: disklabel -B wd0 (or sd0) that should fix it. julian On Wed, 17 Dec 1997, Brian Handy wrote: > ARrghgh...I just installed FBSD on a new box, and I made the disk > "dangerously dedicated." This in and of itself was fine, but I didn't > make it bootable. > > Then I went in with sysinstall and flipped the boot flag and wrote it out, > wondering if that would do it. It did, but in the process I got booteasy > installed as well. > > NOW, what happens is I get "F1 . . . BSD", but hitting F1 gets me > nowhere. > > Is there a quick way out of this conundrum, or am I going to have to blast > the disk to get around this? > > > Thanks, > > Brian > >
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