Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:45:44 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Jeff Palmer <questions@totaldiver.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual boot problems Message-ID: <20070214174544.GA60526@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.0.20070214120313.01a25808@totaldiver.net> References: <1159.192.168.1.2.1171417443.squirrel@mail.totaldiver.net> <20070214162159.GC60040@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <7.0.1.0.0.20070214120313.01a25808@totaldiver.net>
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On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 12:04:57PM -0500, Jeff Palmer wrote: > > Do you really need to use Grub to replace the FreeBSD MBR? > >I haven't had my hands on Vista yet - in no hurry either - > >but I think it should boot Vista OK. I've use it for several > >other MS versions from Win-95 - Win 2K - Xp-Pro and it works > >just fine. I haven't heard that any low level boot code (at the > >level the MBR works) has been changed in Vista, though I haven't > >been out looking yet either. > > > >I would be interested to know if they have changed the BIOS to MBR to > >boot sector handoff specs if something has happened to it. > > > >////jerry > > > Jerry, > > > I can confirm the FreeBSD bootloader does *not* work with > vista. from my research, it appears vista now writes some kind of > signature or hash into the MBR for the bitlocker technology. if > you modify the MBR with a bootloader (that doesn't chainload) then > the checksum/hash doesn't match, and vista complains that the > drive/data is corrupted. It will not boot. Geez. Damn cretins. Just another attempt to jerk the user around and strongarm control the use of the system. Thanks for the info. ////jerry
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