On Mon, Jun 14, 1999 at 03:22:07PM -0700, John Refling wrote:
> how to install boot blocks these days, now that sysinst is
> broken (at least for me) and I've heard rumors that the
> boot format has changed.
> 
> the man on installboot seemed slightly off from my setup,
> though, I had to install by hand, so that might explain it.

It's simple:
cd /usr/mdec; installboot -v biosboot.sym /dev/rwd0a
(you may want to adjust the disk name).
You have to do this single-user (i.e. with securelevel <= 0) if wd0a is
mounted.

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