Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 23:51:43 +0100 From: "lars@gmx.at" <lars@gmx.at> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Urgent FreeBSD Boot question! Message-ID: <441F31FF.1060306@gmx.at> In-Reply-To: <441F304C.2000603@mindspring.com> References: <20060320221755.89C4345047@ptavv.es.net> <441F304C.2000603@mindspring.com>
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Benjamin Sher wrote: > Dear Kevin: > > Sounds great! Just what I need. One question before I proceed: what is > the holographic shell. Please be specific and provide step-by-step > instructions. I am a bit nervous about this kind of brain surgery. > > Thank you again. > > Benjamin >> >> To write the MBR on the first disk, just boot the CD and select the >> holographic shell. At that point, enter the command: >> boot0cfg -B ad0 >> >> That should do the trick. There are several other ways to do this, but >> this is the first one I thought of for your situation. Or go to http://gag.sourceforge.net, download that boot manager and install it via floppydisk or cd, it's easy and effective. You can't do anything wrong with that one.
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