Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 15:25:16 -0800 From: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@soco.agilent.com> To: hartzell@kestrel.alerce.com (George Hartzell) Cc: Andrew Boothman <A.J.Boothman@sms.ed.ac.uk>, Matt Smith <matt@forsetti.com>, Lucas Holt <luke@foolishgames.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "NTLDR missing" after 5-RELEASE install Message-ID: <200302262325.PAA11580@mina.soco.agilent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 26 Feb 2003 12:07:42 PST." <15965.7822.181074.204822@rosebud.alerce.com>
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hartzell@kestrel.alerce.com (George Hartzell) wrote:
> Only differences are which partition we mark active and what boot
> loader lives there.
True, but that's the key point: "... and what boot loader lives
there." There are times when not touching the boot loader is desirable.
While GRUB, booteasy, and others are quite perfectly usable for many
people, some of us may be better off with an untouched MBR.
--
Darryl Okahata
darrylo@soco.agilent.com
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