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Date:      Fri, 05 Aug 2005 10:45:33 -0400
From:      "Jud" <judmarc@fastmail.fm>
To:        "Igor Demjanenko" <idemjanenko@fotki.com>, "Andrei Iarus" <poni1111@yahoo.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Boot manager
Message-ID:  <1123253133.12623.240058539@webmail.messagingengine.com>
In-Reply-To: <42F37190.9090006@fotki.com>
References:  <20050805141634.31245.qmail@web51705.mail.yahoo.com> <42F37190.9090006@fotki.com>

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On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 17:02:56 +0300, "Igor Demjanenko"
<idemjanenko@fotki.com> said:
 
> >Hi! How could I have Windows boot record only, after I
> >have installed FreBSD's boot manager. I don`t want to
> >deinstall FreeBSD, just to remove FreeBSD boot manager
> >and to let the MBR exaclty as it was before installing
> >FreeBSD. Thank you in advance

> Assuming that you have Windows XP, you could try to run Windows XP 
> installation and during installation choose Repair mode.
> In repair mode try "fixmbr" command. After you fix you MBR, reboot the 
> computer and voila, have fun with Windows Boot loader :)

"Fixmbr" is available in Win2000 as well as XP, as is "fixboot."

If you want to be able to boot both FreeBSD and Windows, you might have
a look at GAG (<URL: http://gag.sourceforge.net/>).

Jud



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