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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!gatech!news.uoregon.edu!symiserver.symantec.com!news.central.com!news From: tedmtoybox@agora.rdrop.com Subject: Re: Removing the Boot Manager... other installation stuff X-Newsreader: IBM RN 3.8d (OS/2 2.0) bugfixed by mittelst@fh-ulm.de Sender: news@news.central.com (Usenet Netnews) Organization: Peter Norton Group, Symantec Corp. Beaverton Message-ID: <DC6uFC.L41@news.central.com> Date: Sun, 23 Jul 1995 20:30:15 GMT Lines: 25 In <mark.192.0009EF80@buyit.com> mark@buyit.com (Mark Sacco) writes: | Help! | | I'd installed FreeBSD 2.0 and now I can't get back to DOS. I've even tried | reformatting the disk, etc. to no avail. | | When the machine starts, I get the option to : | | F1 to DOS and I have ab F? prompt. The FreeBSD install seemed to go fine, but | now I can't get to ether OS. | | Actually, I've even removed the controller cable to the drive and I still get | the Boot Manager prompt. Did this get written to CMOS or something? | | Appreciate any help Boot DOS from a floppy and type: FDISK /MBR This will destroy and rewrite the master boot record on the disk. You can then run FDISK and set up your DOS partitions. This trick also gets rid of boot sector viruses quite nicely. Why doesen't Microsoft document this? Beats me.