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Subject: Re: Remove the BSD MBR
To: u509264@csi.UOttawa.CA (Dan Houle)
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> I'm in the process of setting up FreeBSD but I'v encountered a problem.  I
> installed the MBR but since I'm using os/2 i don't need it.  I've tried
> everything I could think of to remove it, but without success.  There is
> no option in the BSD fdisk to remove it either.  How can this be done? 
> Help would be greatly appreciated.

[This is a FAQ]

>From DOS, do FDISK /MBR.  This will restore a DOS MBR, and will allow
you to boot from the primary partition (Set it to point to your Boot
Manager partition).

I'm not sure if the OS/2 FDISK is capable of doing this or not - I
havent used OS/2 in years.