Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 20:31:30 -0500 (EST) From: Spike <spork@ix.netcom.com> To: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@turkey.ispro.net.tr> Cc: sporkl@ix.netcom.com, fbsdqs <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Deletion of windows and removal of BootEasy Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901262030400.324-100000@PigStuy.nws.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990127032339.13435A-100000@turkey.ispro.net.tr>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Evren Yurtesen wrote: > I think if you use the command > fdisk /mbr > it would delete it, if booteasy puts itself to bootblock I thought that was a DOS command, and when I execute it returns: PigStuy# fdisk /mbr fdisk: can't get file status of /dev/r/mbr fdisk: cannot open disk /dev/r/mbr: No such file or directory it seems to take /mbr as a disk. Adding /mbr as a flag either gets ignored or taken as the disk's name. > > On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Spike wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > > > > I have BootEasy installed on my hard drive, sd0, and since I recently > > deleted Winblows I would like to delete it. Can I use fdisk? Disklabel? > > Thank you. > > > > > > -Spike Gronim > > sporkl@ix.netcom.com > > > > > > The majority only rules those who let them. > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: 2.6.3ia > > Charset: noconv > > > > iQCVAwUBNq5pTp31G6IEwnwxAQHTIAP/caGdVtJbBm8SAolMf84DqY2HvkxOcAiP > > EjUyrwR453cGASleGPME3x8p809EfcaAMJdSR/nBsfZrZr106KYVStPmGICnF6LP > > d377KTnjSPvdYjSJ8Guxp5s7SIbVf9L0yvhnRU9ZjGXvx1Fz9nHigVF7cR+tkyQv > > G1Cpl3jKmYg= > > =0Cbi > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > >From majordom@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 26 17:28:36 1999 > Return-Path: <majordom@FreeBSD.ORG> > Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.18]) > by ixmail9.ix.netcom.com (8.8.7-s-4/8.8.7/(NETCOM v1.01)) with ESMTP id RAA11915; ; > Tue, 26 Jan 1999 17:27:52 -0800 (PST) > Delivered-To: vmailer-questions@freebsd.org > Received: by hub.freebsd.org (VMailer, from userid 1) > id 7D8479890; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 16:57:27 -0800 (PST) > Received: (from majordom@localhost) > by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA29226 > for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 16:57:27 -0800 (PST) > (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) > Received: from mail.atl.bellsouth.net (mail.atl.bellsouth.net [205.152.0.21]) > by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA29221 > for <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 16:57:25 -0800 (PST) > (envelope-from wghicks@bellsouth.net) > Received: from wghicks.bellsouth.net (root@host-209-214-67-120.atl.bellsouth.net [209.214.67.120]) > by mail.atl.bellsouth.net (8.8.8-spamdog/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA06556; > Tue, 26 Jan 1999 19:57:19 -0500 (EST) > Received: from localhost (wghicks@localhost [127.0.0.1]) > by wghicks.bellsouth.net (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id UAA07503; > Tue, 26 Jan 1999 20:13:53 -0500 (EST) > (envelope-from wghicks@wghicks.bellsouth.net) > To: hodeleri@seattleu.edu > Cc: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr, henrid@eicon.com, > freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: FreeBsd & Fat32 > In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 26 Jan 1999 13:27:13 -0800" > <36AE3331.B7FF088F@seattleu.edu> > References: <36AE3331.B7FF088F@seattleu.edu> > X-Mailer: Mew version 1.93 on XEmacs 20.4 (Emerald) > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Message-Id: <19990126201352H.wghicks@wghicks.bellsouth.net> > Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 20:13:52 -0500 > From: W Gerald Hicks <wghicks@bellsouth.net> > X-Dispatcher: imput version 980905(IM100) > Lines: 27 > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Precedence: bulk > X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > From: Eric Hodel <hodeleri@seattleu.edu> > Subject: Re: FreeBsd & Fat32 > Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 13:27:13 -0800 > > > HERBELOT Thierry wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > You will not be able to boot to FreeBSD 3.x from DOS or Win98. > > > > Not entirely true. In /tools their is a fbsdboot.exe that allow you > > to boot FreeBSD from real mode, (no Windows, no emm386) and in > > /xperimnt (sp?) their is an experimental Win32 boot loader. I have > > tested neither, but if someone where to compile the win32 loader for > > me I would give it a go. > > I was under the impression that this is going away because of reliability > issues related to Win98's mucking about. > > > > -- > > Eric Hodel > > hodeleri@seattleu.edu > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -Spike Gronim sporkl@ix.netcom.com The majority only rules those who let them. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBNq5sc531G6IEwnwxAQFUuAP9GlwlzMgh1QTOVshs+D6kzRCpu7VZuqxq dvtDj7XyBM+CFWG1Mfre+zHJhyP96oj/ccZ/8aI5m2TsrEyK6puZz6TROiEIge0o xyaa1zlW8z5nDuYjTgSv1fa20gEPwq8MWjZztvQN37n42Fs01xw2+/5o4z4bntpn ufWhXVLCUDQ= =/isC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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