On 3 May 1999, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> Paul Goyette <paul@whooppee.com> writes:

> > Folks,
> > 
> > I've been reading man pages (bad boy, bad boy), and I'm now more
> > confused that when I started.  There seem to be 3 different ways to
> > manipulate the boot code on a i386:
> > 
> > 	a) fdisk -i
> 
> That manipulates MBRs, not the boot blocks.
> 
> > 	b) disklabel -B
> 
> That does nothing on the i386
> 
> >   and	c) installboot 
> 
> That installs boot blocks.
> 
> Perry

Perry, this is very helpful, thanks!

I resorted to using DOS's "fdisk /mbr" after using "installboot" and not
having the machine, well, boot!  (Yes, I know I'm an idiot for expecting a
program called "installboot" to actually make the i386 machine bootable,
but, hey... ;-)  )

-Mike