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From: Gert van der Plas <gert@inferno.phys.tue.nl>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How do I REMOVE the FreeBSD boot manager?
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 12:41:44 +0200
Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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J Wunsch wrote:

> Alternatively, ``fdisk -i /dev/rwd0'' should place a new bootstrap
> there, but leave the fdisk table intact.

WIn95 overwrites the FreeBSD MasterBootRecord. Would ``fdisk -i
/dev/rwd0'' also work to be able to have the FreeBSD MBR back and choose
between win95 and FreeBSD?


Regards,

      Gert


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