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#! rnews 1275 bsd Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!swidir.switch.ch!in2p3.fr!oleane!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!news.luc.edu!newsfeed.acns.nwu.edu!ftpbox!mothost!schbbs!news From: gil@max.corp.mot.com (Gil Levendel) Subject: Broken Boot Manager Organization: MOTOROLA Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 20:00:12 GMT Message-ID: <1996Jan25.200012.9995@schbbs.mot.com> X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.3 Sender: news@schbbs.mot.com (SCHBBS News Account) Nntp-Posting-Host: 129.188.61.50 Lines: 22 I've installed both Windows95 and FreeBSD 2.1 on my computer (in that order), and I was able to gracefully boot either FreeBSD or Windows95 successfully. Unfortunately, I blundered. For some reason I typed "fdisk /mbr" at the Windows95 DOS prompt, assuming that I would at least be prompted before it did anything. Apparently, this placed the standard Windows95 "booter" into the master boot record of my hard disk, which boots ONLY Windows95--yuck. I can now only switch between the two by setting the active partition using fdisk. Anybody know how can I (painlessly) re-install the FreeBSD boot manager? Thanks much, Gil Levendel gil@max.corp.mot.com