Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 08:48:15 -0800 From: "Geff Hanoian" <boing@boing.com> To: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Fully Dedicated HD may clobber some BIOS' Message-ID: <001a01be505e$2c4a0930$48ff020a@hanoiang.tms.toyota.com>
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>Just a note for everyone when partitioning your HD for FreeBSD, if you use >the entire disk "dedicated" instead of using a DOS/other compatible master >boot record, some BIOS' won't load the FreeBSD MBR and will die. (And, I >surmise, some BIOS' may think it's a virus.) FYI, this is in the FAQ (somewhere). HP is one of the "offending" vendors. Apparently the do some sort of "checking" to make sure there are dos partitions on the disk. If dos partitions do not exist the HP vectra's print, "Read Error." User friendliness at it's best. Geff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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