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Date:      Sun, 12 Jul 1998 01:37:22 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        jdj-uk@usa.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Help! - Can't access fdisk / problems with installing - uninstalling?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980712013641.2422B-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19980710084300.2147.qmail@www05.netaddress.usa.net>

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On Fri, 10 Jul 1998 jdj-uk@usa.net wrote:

> Hello - 
> 
> I would be grateful for some help.
> 
> I have tried and failed to install FreeBSD, but I am now having the following problems:
> 
> (1)  When I boot-up the PC it gives the following message
> 
> F1 ???
> F2 ???
> F3 BSD
> 
> It then trys to boot into BSD.  
> 
> HOW DO I REMOVE THIS MESSAGE?
> 
> (2)  I can not access fdisk (dos).  When I run fdisk it loads, but when
> I try to view disk details or delete, create a Pri Partition it stops! 
> I am unable to remove the ext. partition. 

You can load it, thus you can run this command:

fdisk /mbr

That resets the MBR and deletes BootEasy.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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