Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 19:08:32 -0500 From: Mike Jeays <mj001@rogers.com> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I re-format 'dangerously dedicated' drive? Message-ID: <1132531712.83554.8.camel@chaucer.jeays.ca> In-Reply-To: <20051120232420.GA98270@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20051120232420.GA98270@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Sun, 2005-11-20 at 23:24 +0000, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > Hi all, > > I don't have an MS-DOS floppy, and I think my CDROM isn't booting because the > HD is 'dangerously dedicated,' even though it is a bootable CD and the BIOS is > set to boot it first. > > I want to totally clear my drive so I can reinstall from scratch from CDROM. > How can I do this? > > jm I would reset the BIOS to boot from the CD, and then do a complete reinstall. The boot order can usually be set to whatever you like. A complete reinstall will then give you the opportunity to restore the usual disk labels and boot manager.
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