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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!news.belwue.de!news.uni-mannheim.de!news.rhein-neckar.de!birdland.rhein-neckar.de!troia.rhein-neckar.de!boerdix.oh.sub.org!vector.oh.sub.org!berni From: berni@vector.oh.sub.org (Berni Ernst) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Boot manager reinstall? Date: 18 Jan 1997 09:56:55 GMT Organization: PUM => Private Unix Machines Lines: 26 Message-ID: <5bq6p7$ee@boerdix.oh.sub.org> References: <32DD7FDE.5F49B219@sirene.woman.de> Reply-To: berni@bullet.rhein-neckar.de NNTP-Posting-Host: vector.oh.sub.org X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34286 Nora E. Etukudo (nora.e@sirene.woman.de) wrote: : Hello. : Hhum, ehrm. Any hints for reinstalling FreeBSD's boot manager? : After "Windum(b)p 95" had dropped it? :o/ I tried a dirty way (same reason as yours): 1. saving /etc sub 2. starting a freebsd installation with boot floppy and cdrom (or nfs) 3. selecting the smallest possible package (e.g. only bins) 4. going through the installation steps with mounting the existing partions (without any changes off course) 5. selecting the correct boot mgr configuration (mostly boot partition) 6. lets do the install programm the rest. 7. after rebooting restore your old /etc 8. this worked fine just yesterday :-) bye berni : Liebe Grüße, Nora. : -- : | nora@woman.de Mailbox SIRENE im Frauen-Computer-Netzwerk | : | nora@frauen.im-Netz.de W O M A N - Women Only Mail And News | : | nora@services.de http://www.woman.de | : | nora@sirene.IN-Berlin.DE |