From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 18 16:32:01 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F839BEC for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:32:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from break19@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ie0-f182.google.com (mail-ie0-f182.google.com [209.85.223.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BA978FC14 for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:32:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f182.google.com with SMTP id k10so18407183iea.13 for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:32:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=rktHdYlOY+V/oYobb8ZDJm3VdB657t3GXsmr01HfaTw=; b=sd0AEv4wxWsje3CLGwax/efsjdT8OZAT5iJcpOZPWjTbgx3xd/vWvxUd7EN12k1EJW n4SQxKMLbgUc5IArIew6X7cF8wTdBSQ0TgY6VLdbG8dH32GcdU8EaHNcBxhnlK8typBj qp+shwy1IkN4rJDw4v7dCK4oOafp6EK7cHRM3oErKfnO60OKiUpwzC74COPzzbfGvSi2 F/9zwcLla+hdQlubGnmNjaB3H6EHEdgUQ6ntT8rp09KBG+mU0hIqUC00Pybh7lkx08E9 AkoFi0i/eoIg4Vcm0CLAI+dpXAGr4Wlnf2n2vc3bfr4sJQbBoirDCeabenmPCrXQ8Yaa TsWw== Received: by 10.50.5.205 with SMTP id u13mr5569451igu.37.1350577920648; Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:32:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.198] ([173.156.64.64]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id s20sm6253252igs.10.2012.10.18.09.31.59 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:32:00 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <50802EFC.2010101@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:31:56 -0500 From: Chuck Burns User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120907 Thunderbird/15.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9.1-RC2 - could it be that the installer does not write the MBR? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:32:01 -0000 On 10/18/2012 11:05 AM, Brandon Allbery wrote: > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 5:31 AM, Kimmo Paasiala wrote: > >> Such question does not make sense if the disk is GPT partitioned which >> is the default now. The boot loader is installed on a separate >> freebsd-boot partition and the MBR of the disk contains a special >> "protective MBR". > > > And what is supposed to happen if the disk has an existing MBR and existing > partitions? > Besides which.. Do you want FreeBSD to overwrite the MBR? Thus erasing grub when someone is attempting to install FreeBSD alongside Linux? If you do not want GRUB, you must remove GRUB and revert to a proper MBR. -- Chuck Burns