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From: Peter Schwenk <pschwenk@wcupa.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re-installing the Boot-Manager that comes with FreeBSD
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 10:22:10 -0500
Organization: West Chester University
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Howdy,

I was wondering if there is a way to re-install the boot manager that
comes with FreeBSD without re-installing from scratch.  I'm assuming 
there is a way.  I looked in the FAQ, but nothing jumped out at me.
I have a PC on which I run both Windows 95 (don't laugh) and FreeBSD,
and whenever I re-install Windows 95, it writes over the boot manager
code on the disk.  I was looking for a man page, but couldn't find
one (mostly because I didn't know what the boot manager's real name
was).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

- Peter Schwenk, Academic Computing, West Chester University of PA
- pschwenk@wcupa.edu