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From: brian@shift.lan.awfulhak.org (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: F:?
Date: 6 Mar 1997 12:17:11 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <K/YHzo3qB6bB092yn@airmail.net>,
pcrown@airmail.net (Phil Crown) writes:
> How can I remove FreeBSD's boot manager, the F:? prompt?
>
> I seem to have OS/2 bm, F:? and Lilo all installed, OS/2 bm and F:?
> seem to be both on the MBR, if that's possible.
OS/2 uses its own partition. FreeBSD uses the MBR. Use "fdisk /mbr"
from DOS (undocumented) to rewrite the original record.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !