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From: jsaker@cwis.unomaha.edu (James R. Saker Jr.)
Subject: deinstalling 386BSD 0.1 single partition
Message-ID: <jsaker.715115436@cwis>
Keywords: 386BSD,deinstall,DOS
Sender: news@news.unomaha.edu (UNO Network News Server)
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 19:10:36 GMT
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After running 386BSD 0.1 on my 486/33 system for about a month, I am
forced to return to the DOS world for the semester to do COBOL work.
However, when I installed 386BSD from the installer disk, I let it
set up my system as one large BSD partition (where it apparently
reconfigured part of the boot partition of my 212MB IDE drive).

Although I went into fdisk and changed the partition to a DOS type,
reformatted and restored the drive from tape backup, it's not able
to boot up on its own (I can only access it after booting from
floppy).

Any hints on how to reset the drive to boot from C: again?

Many thanks! Also, if someone out there knows of a COBOL compiler
(noncommercial) for the BSD world...I'd be thrilled and wouldn't
have to go back to DOS! 


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