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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news2.acs.oakland.edu!condor.ic.net!news.cic.net!news.itd.umich.edu!theophilus!nhinkle From: nhinkle@theophilus.isr.umich.edu (NW Hinkle-DeGroot) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: How do I REMOVE the FreeBSD boot manager? Date: 26 Jul 1996 13:51:19 GMT Organization: University of Michigan Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4taign$kgb@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> References: <31f105c5.87462336@news.vt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: theophilus.isr.umich.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Gerry Stellenberg (gss@vt.edu) wrote: : I had to install FreeBSD for a class last semester. Now that the : class is over, I find that I never boot into FreeBSD anymore. I want : to take FreeBSD off of my computer, but before I fdisk the drive, I : figured I'd better remove the FreeBSD boot manager. : Can somebody please email me instructions on how to do this? : Thanks much. : Gerry : gss@vt.edu I've had success with booting from a dos floppy and running fdisk /MBR which writes a new master boot record clearing out the freeBSD'ed mbr. Hope this helps. /Nick -- +--- "Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it." Ps 34:14 ---+ | Nicholas Hinkle-De Groot http://www.umich.edu/~nhinkle | | Institute for Social Research, SRC University of Michigan | +------- PGP FP: 82 57 2F 0E 7E FC 0A 4A BA 4F E6 A6 4F 62 4F F6 -------+