Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 08:46:02 +0200 From: Ruben de Groot <mail23@bzerk.org> To: yo _ <exhausted01@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MBR Corruption and Restore Message-ID: <20030831064602.GA80617@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <Law9-F40uFKrE3QOFOB00013556@hotmail.com> References: <Law9-F40uFKrE3QOFOB00013556@hotmail.com>
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On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 07:39:44PM -0400, yo _ typed: > Hello All! > > Unfortunatly, i was having a minor hard disk problem on my first FreeBSD > installation, and (so used to Debian) i thought i could fsck after > "shutdown now". Apparently this was not the case, as my file systems were > still mounted. After a quick re-install, with backups, it appears my MBR is > corrupted as it will not start the /boot/loader and my BIOS recognizes my > disk as a "non system disk" (FreeBSD has been re-installed, to get into the > system i use the boot2 from the bootable CD). > > Is there anyway i can manually install the FreeBSD boot loader while in the > system? I figured it is dd'ing the /boot files to the beginning of my hard > disk, but i don't know what location nor how safe this is. Thank to all of > you in advance! Try boot0cfg(8) ruben > -Rian Hunter > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get MSN 8 and enjoy automatic e-mail virus protection. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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