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From: gfm@werple.apana.org.au (Graham Menhennitt)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: {FreeBSD] Help getting master boot record onto HD
Date: 19 Sep 1994 10:37:36 +1000
Organization: werple public-access unix, Melbourne
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I have just installed FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 on my machine. It has a 1G SCSI
disk which has a 100Mb DOS 6.2 partition on the start of the disk and
the remainder for FreeBSD. I don't actually want to boot DOS (the
partition is for WINE) so I don't want os-bs etc. After the FreeBSD
installation, I can't boot from the HD. It gives a message "Missing
operating system". I can boot from the kernel floppy and type
"sd(0,a)/386bsd" to the prompt which works ok but is a pain. How do
I write the master boot record onto the disk.
Thanks,
Graham