Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 20:00:48 +0200 (IST) From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Dale Poole <daleus@cdngateway.pe.ca> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removing FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960903195755.19483A-100000@gatekeeper.barcode.co.il> In-Reply-To: <322C55B7.2514@cdngateway.pe.ca>
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On Tue, 3 Sep 1996, Dale Poole wrote: > To Whom It May Concern: > > I have recently found it necessary to remove an unscrupulous technician from my staff. > During that person's time here, he had installed FreeBSD on one of our servers. His > effort was directed to offering shell access accounts for some of our clients, as well > as to a MUD. > > However, the shell access and MUD are no longer part of our company plan and we'd like > to get the server into use for other purposes. > > I thought it would be as simple as booting from a DOS diskette and reformatting the hard > drive, however, I have discovered that when booting to DOS, there is still an odd: > > F1 . . . dos > > Default: F1 > > ...on the screen when ever the machine is booted. I would like to be able to remove > this, but unfortunately I have no idea how. > > Can you provide any assistance in this regard? I guess so, if all you want is DOS (poor you :-(). The trick is to use an undocumented switch on the DOS fdisk utility. Simply run: FDISK /MBR It won't say anything back, but will restore the boot sector to the DOS default. > > Sincerly, > > Dale Poole > Technical Director, > Canadian Gateway Inc. > > daleus@cdngateway.pe.ca > -or- > dpoole@bud.peinet.pe.ca >
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