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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Broken Boot Manager
Date: 27 Jan 1996 21:49:47 GMT
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gil@max.corp.mot.com (Gil Levendel) writes:

> Anybody know how can I (painlessly) re-install the FreeBSD boot manager?

I think booteasy is available as a separate package.  It's nothing
FreeBSD-specific anyway, it's just that it did nicely fill the gap.
Look under /tools on your CD.

Since it's originally a standalone package, it should also work under
DOS.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)