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From: brian@shift.lan.awfulhak.org (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: F:?
Date: 7 Mar 1997 15:39:28 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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References: <K/YHzo3qB6bB092yn@airmail.net>
<5fmck7$m04@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> <wXxHzo3qBWDa092yn@airmail.net>
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To: pcrown@airmail.net (Phil Crown)
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[Posted and mailed]
In article <wXxHzo3qBWDa092yn@airmail.net>,
pcrown@airmail.net (Phil Crown) writes:
> In article <5fmck7$m04@ui-gate.utell.co.uk>,
> brian@shift.lan.awfulhak.org (Brian Somers) wrote:
>>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.
>
> I have heard of using "fdisk /mbr", my problem is I don't have DOS
> fdisk and OS/2's fdisk says "/mbr is an invalid command."
>
Try using
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/tools/restorrb.exe
You may need to floppy-boot OS/2 to stop it from GPFing you.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !