Subject: Re: How do I write bootblocks and StarOffice info
To: David Heller <dheller1@rochester.rr.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: current-users
Date: 07/17/1999 17:24:46
On Fri, Jul 16, 1999 at 09:51:09PM +0000, David Heller wrote:
> Hi All
> 
>         I just finished installing Linux on a spare drive for use with
> the linux emulator package(SuSE5.3). And all that is working well,
> including StarOffice 3.1 and Acrobat Reader  however I somehow hosed my
> bootblocks on my hard drive (wd0a). How do I write bootblocks on my hard
> drive? I heard NOT to use disklablel -B anymore. My kernel is 1.4/i386.
> I did have a boot floppy of course.

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.

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