From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Oct 9 15:37:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA09083 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 15:37:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us (Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us [169.244.111.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA09043 for ; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 15:37:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from netmonger@genesis.ispace.com) Received: from Celeris (56k-port4018.ime.net [209.90.195.28]) by Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us (8.9.1/8.8.8-Loki) with SMTP id SAA06020; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 18:36:46 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from netmonger@genesis.ispace.com) X-Server-ID: Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us, OCSNet - Orland Maine USA X-Coord-Name: Drew "Droobie" Baxter, OneNetwork Exchange X-Coord-Addr: Droobie@Openlink.orland.me.us X-Coord-Pager: USA: 207-471-2719, http://pagedroo.orland.me.us Message-Id: <4.1.0.67.19981009183317.00a5dd40@genesis.ispace.com> X-Sender: netmonger@genesis.ispace.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1.0.67 (Beta) Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 18:34:13 -0400 To: erich@compecon.com, kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: Drew Baxter Subject: Re: 2.2.7 install impertinently overwrites boot In-Reply-To: <361E69C7.E80D8F20@peregrine.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Last version of 3.0-Current I did doesn't do it. I'd think they'd use the same installer for both, but who knows. Bottom line is, I'd just install 3.0-BETA (Release comes out on the 15th I think), and call it good enough ;-) At 12:53 PM 10/9/98 -0700, Eric Hedstrom wrote: >Christoph Kukulies wrote: > >>I installed 2.2.7 on my notebook from a floppy/DOS partition. >>I explicitly hit the space bar so that the [*] appeared in the >>selection 'leave bootsector untouched' and the damned beast >>overwrote my bootinst multiboot which was already sitting there. > >Guess what? This just happened to me on Wednesday using a 2.2.6-RELEASE >boot disk to do a net install of 2.2.7-RELEASE from ftp.freebsd.org, too. > >For what it's worth. > >Eric Hedstrom >erich@compecon.com > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange 207-942-0275 http://www.droo.orland.me.us To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message