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- From: migieger@delos.stgt.sub.org (Michael Giegerich)
- Subject: Re: deinstalling 386BSD 0.1 single partition
- References: <jsaker.715115436@cwis>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 21:57:01 GMT
- Organization: Delos Stuttgart, Germany
- Keywords: 386BSD,deinstall,DOS
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.215701.6190@delos.stgt.sub.org>
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- >
- >Although I went into fdisk and changed the partition to a DOS type,
- >reformatted and restored the drive from tape backup, it's not able
- >to boot up on its own (I can only access it after booting from
- >floppy).
- >
- >Any hints on how to reset the drive to boot from C: again?
- >
- Try the undocumented command switch "fdisk /MBR"; this writes a new
- masterboot record on track 0 of the hard drive. DOS fdisk doesn't all-
- ways rewrites the whole boot sector unless you use /MBR.
- If this doesn't work, a utility like "wipedisk" from Norton Utilities
- which erases all of track 0 of the drive does the work.
- I once went through this procedure (when installing DOS 5.0 onto a
- 200 MB Quantum ProDrive).
-
- Good luck,
- Micahe Giegerich
-