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From: Robert N Watson <rnw+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How to recover BSD Boot Manager
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 16:46:19 -0500
Organization: Freshman, H&SS Undeclared, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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Excerpts from netnews.comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc: 21-Oct-95 Re: How to
recover BSD Boot.. David E. O'Brien@cs.ucda (547)

> Robert N Watson (rnw+@andrew.cmu.edu) wrote:
> : Excerpts from netnews.comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc: 17-Oct-95 Re: How to
> : recover BSD Boot.. vega@glasnet.ru (525)
> : 
> : few too many newsgorups for my own good ;).  FreeBSD uses booteasy,
> : which is available at..
> : 
> : ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD/tools/dos-tools/os-bs135.exe

> FreeBSD does use booteasy, but os-bs isn't booteasy.  os-bs does work quite
> nicely however (looking more like OS/2's boot manager).  booteasy is in the
> same directory as bteasy14.zip

Sorry -- one of those filename cut/paste screwups.  :)  Everyone listen
to him, not me, he's right. :)

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    Robert Watson (rnw+@andrew.cmu.edu) * Double major: IDS/CS * H&SS
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