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From: babraham@unpcs1.cs.unp.ac.za (Bobby Abraham)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: [386bsd] Damaged bootstrap
Keywords: 386bsd
Message-ID: <babraham.24.724430370@unpcs1.cs.unp.ac.za>
Date: 15 Dec 92 14:39:31 GMT
Organization: Dept. Computer Science, UNP
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NNTP-Posting-Host: pc030.cc.unp.ac.za

My machine won't boot 386bsd now.  It was working fine and I took it down
real carefully.

The fixit disk allows me to mount /dev/wd0a and everything look fine
including /386bsd
How do I use disklabel to rewrite the bootstrap code ?

I have a Seagate IDE 107MB drive.

- thanks
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Bobby Abraham
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg
email - babraham@unpcs1.cs.unp.ac.za
        abraham@unpsun1.cc.unp.ac.za
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