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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Remove Boot Manager?
Date: 19 Jun 1996 04:36:47 +0100
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Stephen Fisher (lithium@cia-g.com) wrote:

: The easiest way to remove the MBR and have the system go right to 
[.....]

A small point - we're not "removing the boot manager" - if we did, the
machine wouldn't boot.  We're "writing a DOS boot manager".

--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....