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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!nsw1.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-out.internetmci.com!pull-feed.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!rill.news.pipex.net!pipex!uunet!in3.uu.net!204.147.80.3!news.uswest.net!not-for-mail From: Yetter <yetter@dnvr.uswest.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: purging MBR Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 22:35:21 -0700 Organization: Patchwork Computer Systems Lines: 10 Message-ID: <3338B599.14E0@dnvr.uswest.net> Reply-To: yetter@dnvr.uswest.net NNTP-Posting-Host: dial21.dnvr.uswest.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Win95; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37940 I recently deleted FreeBSD 2.1.5 from my system because I needed to re-install it, and doing the re-install OVER the previous install didn't work right. However, since in the first installation I installed the FreeBSD boot manager, I appear to be stuck with said boot manager. Is there any way I can erase the boot manager from my MBR without doing a low-level format or anything nasty like that? --Danger Mouse KNOWLEDGE IS POWER