From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 10 17:34:46 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sand.global.net.uk (sand.global.net.uk [194.126.82.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D49C415341 for ; Thu, 10 Jun 1999 17:34:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marko@globalnet.co.uk) Received: from p9es10a06.client.global.net.uk ([195.147.218.159] helo=marder-1.) by sand.global.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 10sFGi-00009K-00; Fri, 11 Jun 1999 01:34:00 +0100 Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id BAA00788; Fri, 11 Jun 1999 01:32:01 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from marko) Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 01:32:00 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Constantine Shkolnyy Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: I just don't know... Message-ID: <19990611013200.F255@marder-1> References: <01BEB361.20AB00F0.stan@osgroup.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <01BEB361.20AB00F0.stan@osgroup.com>; from Constantine Shkolnyy on Thu, Jun 10, 1999 at 04:48:54PM -0500 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Jun 10, 1999 at 04:48:54PM -0500, Constantine Shkolnyy wrote: > On Thursday, June 10, 1999 4:41 PM, rick hamell [SMTP:hamellr@dsinw.com] > wrote: > > > > > > C:\> fdisk /mbr > > > > > > But where is the original boot sector stored? Wouldn't it be more > > > reliable to copy it back? fdisk will copy a standard boot sector > > > and sometimes it may be different from the original one. It is not > > > safe to suggest such a use of fdisk in general case, without prior > > > knowing of his configuration. > > > > That's what /mbr does, it restores an orginal copy of the boot > > sector. Besides unless he has other boot managers in addition, there is > > no reason to not use it. > > Exactly. I just wanted to draw your attention that you people should > always add the above warning to your advices to use fdisk /mbr or > the machine may be rendered unusable. Get an unusable machine instead > of machine with F? prompt - this is not what he wants :-) > "original" mbr, er, wouldn't that mean that FreeBSD saved a copy of the mbr and that Winblows knew where to find it and restore it? In the Wonderful World of Winblows it's a case of: original mbr == standard mbr == ONLY mbr. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message