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Re: Removing bootstrap data on i386

To: Ingolf Steinbach <ingolf.steinbach%googlemail.com@localhost>
Subject: Re: Removing bootstrap data on i386
From: Tobias Nygren <tnn%NetBSD.org@localhost>
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:46:34 +0100

On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:42:51 +0100
Ingolf Steinbach <ingolf.steinbach%googlemail.com@localhost> wrote:

> how can I render a currently bootable hard disk non-bootable (without
> losing other data)? installboot -c /dev/rwd1a fails with "bootstrap
> removal is not supported". Platform: NetBSD/i386 5.0.1.

Use "fdisk -a" and mark no partition "active".

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