Re: Remove Multiple Boot
On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 03:10:44 +0300 Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2002-09-22 21:20, "D. Penev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Grant Peel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >I have recently converted another PC to FreeBSD and no longer need > > >FreeBSD on my usual workstation. I am running Windows XP on the > > >workstation, and need to remove the (Easy Boot) boot manager and > > >have the conputer return to just automaticly booting to woindows. > > >Does anyone know how to remove it? > > > > Boot from XP cdrom, start Recovery Console and use fixmbr command. > > Fdisk that Giorgos suggest is no longer supported by XP. > > Thanks for correcting me. I haven't seen a Windows machine since a > long time ago, and certainly haven't got up to date with their latest > stuff ;) Fdisk will still work on a Win machine if booting from a Win9x startup floppy. I tend to prefer it to the cdrom/fixmbr method, because there's no fiddling with BIOS boot order and, at least for me, it's faster. (It seems to take my W2K cdrom quite a while to load all the necessary drivers, particularly since I'm running a RAID system and I have to manually get W2K to load the RAID driver image off a floppy.) Jud RAID driver image.) To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: Remove Multiple Boot
On 2002-09-22 21:20, "D. Penev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Grant Peel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >I have recently converted another PC to FreeBSD and no longer need FreeBSD > >on my usual workstation. I am running Windows XP on the workstation, and > >need to remove the (Easy Boot) boot manager and have the conputer return to > >just automaticly booting to woindows. Does anyone know how to remove it? > > Boot from XP cdrom, start Recovery Console and use fixmbr command. > Fdisk that Giorgos suggest is no longer supported by XP. Thanks for correcting me. I haven't seen a Windows machine since a long time ago, and certainly haven't got up to date with their latest stuff ;) To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: Remove Multiple Boot
On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 09:44:11AM -0400, Grant Peel wrote: >From: "Grant Peel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Remove Multiple Boot >Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 09:44:11 -0400 > >Hi all, > >I have recently converted another PC to FreeBSD and no longer need FreeBSD >on my usual workstation. I am running Windows XP on the workstation, and >need to remove the (Easy Boot) boot manager and have the conputer return to >just automaticly booting to woindows. Does anyone know how to remove it? Boot from XP cdrom, start Recovery Console and use fixmbr command. Fdisk that Giorgos suggest is no longer supported by XP. > >-Grant > >Grant W. Peel >Server Administrator >The Net Now -- Expresshost >http://thenetnow.com >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Regards, D. Penev To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: Remove Multiple Boot
On 2002-09-22 09:44, Grant Peel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have recently converted another PC to FreeBSD and no longer need FreeBSD > on my usual workstation. I am running Windows XP on the workstation, and > need to remove the (Easy Boot) boot manager and have the conputer return to > just automaticly booting to woindows. Does anyone know how to remove it? Start windows and then use the following command in a DOS window: C:\> FDISK /MBR That should fix things. Giorgos. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
