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Date:      Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:09:56 -0600
From:      Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz>
To:        Tom Marchand <M0rchand@comcast.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Changing Boot Loader
Message-ID:  <45ECA344.6010600@daleco.biz>
In-Reply-To: <45EC9EBF.2040708@unsane.co.uk>
References:  <67B7751E-B7C9-4414-924F-2BD3CDD0FE97@comcast.net> <45EC9EBF.2040708@unsane.co.uk>

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Vince wrote:
> Tom Marchand wrote:
>> Is there anyway to install a new boot loader without having to perform 
>> a complete reinstall?
>> _
> Have a read though the man page for boot0cfg if you want to reinstall 
> the freebsd bootloader, otherwise you can install grub from ports.
> 
> Vince

or GAG (ports/sysutils/gag).
possibly extipl (ports/sysutils/extipl).

Have used gag, worked fine here on 6.1 and older PII based system (from 
the 750 MHz era) with typical IDE/pATA disk.

No experience with the latter.

Kevin Kinsey



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