From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 27 13:08:04 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41A4716A418 for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:08:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from a.j.werven@student.utwente.nl) Received: from filter2-tmobile.zx.nl (filter2-tmobile.zx.nl [194.187.76.139]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 029C713C455 for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:08:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from a.j.werven@student.utwente.nl) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filter2-tmobile.zx.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CFE71C72FE; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:08:00 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at zx.nl Received: from filter2-tmobile.zx.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (filter2.zx.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10127) with ESMTP id vTNCEEHFlhUe; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:07:53 +0100 (CET) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (unknown [91.141.166.127]) by filter2-tmobile.zx.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:07:52 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <479C822F.3060108@student.utwente.nl> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:07:59 +0000 From: "Alphons \"Fonz\" van Werven" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chuck Swiger References: <479B3BCE.3050808@student.utwente.nl> <20080126163443.dcdf9202.ghirai@ghirai.com> <479B4A75.4040001@student.utwente.nl> <479BDF5A.5090506@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <479BDF5A.5090506@mac.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [FreeBSD] 6.3-R diskhandling X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:08:04 -0000 Chuck Swiger wrote: [Bootloader overwrites Vista's "UID" in the MBR] > This has been informative-- perhaps someone ought to file a PR about > having the installer try to preserve this UID in the MBR...? Or perhaps send a message to -hackers. I have been using FreeBSD for a long time so I wanted to have this fixed somehow (and it has been). But I can imagine it might scare away people who are new to FreeBSD: "What a bonehead system, it hosed my Windows. I'll never use that crap again!" Come to think of it, does sysinstall keep a copy of the MBR as it was before the installation? That way, at least people can get their precious little Windows (yuck) back without having to reinstall it. If it doesn't, I think it would be a very desirable feature. Just a thought (or two), Alphons -- VISTA - Viruses Intruders Spyware Trojans Adware