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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!agis!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!lantana.singnet.com.sg!merlion.singnet.com.sg!ts900-432.singnet.com.sg!Tan From: Tan@Singapore (B Tan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: How to remove boot manager? Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 00:23:59 Organization: Singapore Telecom Internet Service Lines: 25 Message-ID: <Tan.3.0000660D@Singapore> References: <3ujte7$ftc_002@ss43.ssnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ts900-432.singnet.com.sg X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] Correct me if I'm wrong. Free BSD Boot Manager is like Linux LILO is like EZ-Drive (DOS). They write to first few sectors of HDD where BIOS first read. BIOS Boot -> BM --> [par 1] [par 2] [par 3] ... You can probably trade BM for LILO or the other. I've installed LILO over BM without problem, or you can erase it by low-level reformating track 0 (This is forbidden on some IDE harddisks, I believe) but you will most definitely lose your partitions too. butIn article <3ujte7$ftc_002@ss43.ssnet.com> mattc@ssnet.com (Matthew Chiglinsky) writes:>From: mattc@ssnet.com (Matthew Chiglinsky)>Subject: How to remove boot manager?>Date: 19 Jul 1995 21:21:03 GMT > FreeBSD's boot manager is alright and I may keep it even if I don't >want to keep FreeBSD, but how do I remove it? Do I have to reformat C: ? >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Put down that weapon, or we'll all be gone. > I must know something to know it's so wrong... > ...Put down that weapon, or we'll all be gone. > You must be crazy if you think you're strong." --Midnight Oil