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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.caldera.com!enews.sgi.com!news.mathworks.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!not-for-mail From: wgentry@vt.edu (Miles Gentry) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Removing freeBSD bootmanager? Date: 22 Jan 1997 18:20:53 GMT Organization: Virginia Tech Lines: 16 Message-ID: <5c5lq5$5g8$1@solaris.cc.vt.edu> References: <5c42rn$isu$1@solaris.cc.vt.edu> <32e64e56.1585031@news.swbell.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: wgentry.campus.vt.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.8 (x86 32bit) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34365 Thanks. this helps alot. all my CS major friends thought it couldn't be done. Miles > >Reboot the PC with a WIN95 startup floppy diskette in a: , then enter >the command > fdisk /mbr >at the a:\ prompt. The "fdisk /mbr" command will install the dos >(master) block record on the hard disk containing the dos active >partition, removing the FreeBSD bootmanager record. > >mrb >Bianchi mbianchi@swbell.net > > "Quality brings long term profits to any endeavor"