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#! rnews 1620 sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!ftpbox!mothost!schbbs!secfax2!ronf From: ronf@phx.sectel.mot.com (Ron Feigen) Subject: Re: help on crashed boot manager Reply-To: ronf@phx.sectel.mot.com Organization: Motorola, Inc., GSTG Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 20:22:48 GMT Message-ID: <1995Aug3.202248.918@schbbs.mot.com> References: <3vp37l$86c@overload.lbl.gov> Sender: news@schbbs.mot.com (SCHBBS News Account) Nntp-Posting-Host: 192.94.147.14 Lines: 40 fdisk /mbr restores the dos master bootrecord In article 86c@overload.lbl.gov, jin@gracie.lbl.gov (Jin Guojun[ITG]) writes: >Is there a easy way to reinstall the boot manager without re-initialize >(lower format) the hard drive? > >The problem is that after BSD/OS trashed the boot sector, no system can install >the new boot manager on my hard drive. I tried to install FreeBSD boot manager, >it will not replace the BSD/OS boot manager. The boot manger keeps asking: > >F1: DOS >F2: BSD >default: F? [F2] > >F1: DOS >F2: BSD >default: F? [F3] > >F1: DOS >F2: BSD >default: F3? [F2] > >F1: DOS >F2: BSD >default: F? > >No key will be accepted at prompt at this point. Would some please help me >to reinstall the boot block? > >Thank you very much, > >-- >/-------------- Jin Guojun ------------ v ---- Internet: g_jin@lbl.gov ----\ >| Imaging & Distributed Computing | Usenet: ucbvax!g_jin@lbl.gov | >| Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory | Bitnet: -- | >| 50B-2239, Berkeley, CA 94720 - jin%george.lbl.gov@Csa3.LBL.Gov |