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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!vbcnet-west!knews.uk0.vbc.net!vbcnet-gb!azure.xara.net!xara.net!peernews.ftech.net!telehouse1.frontier-networks.co.uk!nildram!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!mr.net!newsfeeder.gi.net!usenet.bridge.com!usenet From: mhughes@bridge.com (Michael Hughes) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: purging MBR Date: 26 Mar 1997 16:29:21 GMT Organization: Bridge Information Systems, Inc. Lines: 22 Message-ID: <5hbit1$kfl@usenet.bridge.com> References: <3338B599.14E0@dnvr.uswest.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: logroad.bridge.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37929 In article <3338B599.14E0@dnvr.uswest.net>, Yetter <yetter@dnvr.uswest.net> writes: > 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 fdisk /mbr -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _ _ _ _ _ , Loghome living is the ' ) ) ) / // ' ) / / best ! / / / o _. /_ __. _ // /--/ . . _, /_ _ _ / ' (_<_(__/ /_(_/|_</_</_ / (_(_/_(_)_/ /_</_/_)_ Bridge Information Systems, Inc. /| St Louis MO |/ mhughes@bridge.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------