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Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 12:33:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To: Brian McGovern <mcgovern@beta.com>
Subject: Re: misc/28800: sysinstall provides no way to overwrite MBR with
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On 24-Sep-01 Brian McGovern wrote:
> Ummm... This one might be a closer with a note. If I remember correctly, 
> selecting the 'hidden' 'W'rite option in the partition table prompts for 
> the boot selection if it hasn't been set, then writes the information.

Yes.  Note that 'W' isn't hidden during config, just initial installation. 
I've always just booted a CD or install floppy, selected Configure -> Fdisk ->
Disk blah, 'W' and then selected the boot loader and it was all done.
 
> It may be time to just unhide it.
>       -Brian
> 
>  > Synopsis: sysinstall provides no way to overwrite MBR without
> repartitioning
> .
>  > 
>  > State-Changed-From-To: open->analyzed
>  > State-Changed-By: murray
>  > State-Changed-When: Sun Sep 23 23:38:49 PDT 2001
>  > State-Changed-Why: 
>  > I agree that we should add this functionality to sysinstall.
>  > 
>  > 
>  > 
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>  > Responsible-Changed-By: murray
>  > Responsible-Changed-When: Sun Sep 23 23:38:49 PDT 2001
>  > Responsible-Changed-Why: 
>  > ra ra freebsd-qa list!
>  > 
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