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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!usc!wupost!darwin.sura.net!Sirius.dfn.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!delos!migieger From: migieger@delos.stgt.sub.org (Michael Giegerich) Subject: Re: deinstalling 386BSD 0.1 single partition References: <jsaker.715115436@cwis> Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 21:57:01 GMT Organization: Delos Stuttgart, Germany Keywords: 386BSD,deinstall,DOS Message-ID: <1992Sep1.215701.6190@delos.stgt.sub.org> Lines: 18 > >Although I went into fdisk and changed the partition to a DOS type, >reformatted and restored the drive from tape backup, it's not able >to boot up on its own (I can only access it after booting from >floppy). > >Any hints on how to reset the drive to boot from C: again? > Try the undocumented command switch "fdisk /MBR"; this writes a new masterboot record on track 0 of the hard drive. DOS fdisk doesn't all- ways rewrites the whole boot sector unless you use /MBR. If this doesn't work, a utility like "wipedisk" from Norton Utilities which erases all of track 0 of the drive does the work. I once went through this procedure (when installing DOS 5.0 onto a 200 MB Quantum ProDrive). Good luck, Micahe Giegerich