Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 22:28:35 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@nwlink.com> To: Andrew Brown <dru_brown@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot questions Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.96.1000705222432.1190A-100000@utah> In-Reply-To: <20000706050225.52853.qmail@hotmail.com>
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On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Andrew Brown wrote: > I have been looking around now and i have not been able to find a clear > answer to the following problem. I need to reinstall windows but i know that > when i do it will erase my MBR where the BSD ( version 4.0 by the way) boot > loader is. So how do i > a.) make a bsd boot disk so that i can boot back into BSD when i reinstall > windows? The kern.flp, mfsroot.flp and fixit.flp images should get you back up. A custom floppy could be made if you really wanted. > b.) after using the boot disk to get back into bsd, how do i reinstall the > BSD boot loader? It has been while since I have done this so I won't try to tell you. You must do it exactly right. It is in the FAQ. Search for Windows and boot and record. Later, Jason C. Wells To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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