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From: graichen@mail.physik.fu-berlin.de (Thomas Graichen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How do I install the bootstrap code on a new drive?
Date: 21 Aug 1996 18:43:51 GMT
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Craig Shrimpton (craigs@os.com) wrote:
: Folks,

: I want to switch from an IDE "/" partition to a SCSI "/" partition.  I can 
: simply copy over the existing files but what do I need to do to install the 
: boot sector stuff?

disklabel -B sd0 (or whatever disk you want to put in on)

t

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  thomas graichen    graichen@mail.physik.fu-berlin.de    graichen@FreeBSD.org

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