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From: stephan@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de (Stephan Forth)
Subject: Re: Boot FreeBSD from JAZ?
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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 04:47:44 GMT
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Dougal Campbell (dougal@vespucci.iquest.com) wrote:
: Stephan Forth (stephan@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de) wrote:
: : Dougal Campbell (dougal@vespucci.iquest.com) wrote:

: must have typed something wrong the first time.  So at least I can get
: into the system. Now I just have to find the right information to
: examine/fix the boot loader. Is there any way for me to get rid of the
: boot loader at this point without doing a complete reinstall? 

To get rid of it you could simply use the DOS fdisk and type
fdisk /mbr
There is a tool in the FreeBSD Tree to install a new boot-loader
without installing everything new, but sorry I forgot its name...
(Joerg, are you listening?)

Regards, Stephan
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