From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 24 05:01:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id FAA27721 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 24 Feb 1996 05:01:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id FAA27714 for ; Sat, 24 Feb 1996 05:01:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id XAA27030; Sat, 24 Feb 1996 23:30:44 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199602241300.XAA27030@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: your mail To: steffi@mnsinc.com (Robert Nicholson) Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 23:30:44 +1030 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199602232008.PAA04701@user2.mnsinc.com> from "Robert Nicholson" at Feb 23, 96 03:08:06 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Robert Nicholson stands accused of saying: > > MBR and superblock? > > I use system commander... > > Does FreeBSD allow you to put the M (loader) on the superblock like linux? boot1 and boot2 live in the area before the disklabel, which is before the superblock for the first partition in the slice. There are only two instances where 0/0/0 is overwritten : - When BootEasy is installed to provide the same functionality as SC. - When the entire disk is treated as a single slice (the Use All Disk/No option in the installer). -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[