From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 10 13:34:27 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA00713 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 10 Nov 1997 13:34:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from huey.cadvision.com (huey2.cadvision.com [207.228.64.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA00701 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 1997 13:34:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jvande@cadvision.com) Received: from jvande.cadvision.com (x2ts1ip28.cadvision.com [207.228.119.28]) by huey.cadvision.com (8.8.5/8.8.5/DCE/TRI) with SMTP id OAA06184 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 1997 14:33:34 -0700 Reply-To: "Jeffrey VanderWal" From: "Jeffrey VanderWal" To: Subject: Uninstalling Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 02:23:18 -0700 Message-ID: <01bcedba$48ab0a00$0e77e4cf@jvande.cadvision.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I am a system administrator at a school that has a server that once had FreeBSD on it. Since our last administrator refused to part with his login password etc, we have formatted the HD and are attempting to install new hardware in the machine. Unfortunately, we cannot seem to boot the machine any longer. I realize that FreeBSD uses "unique" boot MBRs. How do I completely uninstall it? I have unplugged all extra cards in our server, unplugged the hard drive and only the FDD remains. I have attempted to clear the CMOS, but the system still refuses to boot past the system config screen. Is this a hardware problem or did FreeBSD encode the Bios to look at a different MBR in the FDD too? Any help at all is appreciated. Thanks. Jeff jvande@cadvision.com \\|// (403)210-0324 (0-0) ------------------------------oOO--(_)--OOo---------------