On 17.07.99, 17:24:46, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 16, 1999 at 09:51:09PM +0000, David Heller wrote:
> > Hi All
> 
> cd /usr/mdec
> ./installboot biosboot.sym /dev/rwd0a
> 
> This will install a NetBSD boot block at the start of the NetBSD partition.
> If you need to reinstall the MBR boot code, 'fdisk -i wd0' will do it.

This second part should be mentioned somewhere in the installboot
manual or some other place where one might look. I always
struggled to make a new disk bootable without booting the
installation diskette and at least running through the basic
installation procedure.

> 
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> Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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