From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 27 13:57:04 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 B434E16A417 for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:57:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.244]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66ED213C4E5 for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:57:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c14so346986anc.13 for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:57:03 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.100.123.4 with SMTP id v4mr9449471anc.14.1201442223614; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:57:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from scorpio ( [67.189.206.211]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c53sm6631175wrc.13.2008.01.27.05.57.02 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:57:03 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:56:46 -0500 From: Gerard To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080127085646.30abea8c@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <479C822F.3060108@student.utwente.nl> References: <479B3BCE.3050808@student.utwente.nl> <20080126163443.dcdf9202.ghirai@ghirai.com> <479B4A75.4040001@student.utwente.nl> <479BDF5A.5090506@mac.com> <479C822F.3060108@student.utwente.nl> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.12.5; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Face: 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 X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q User-Agent: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.12.3; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/R0YjJnZcUIG7fzW/h7ia.Wk"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 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 13:57:04 -0000 --Sig_/R0YjJnZcUIG7fzW/h7ia.Wk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:07:59 +0000 "Alphons \"Fonz\" van Werven" wrote: > Chuck Swiger wrote: >=20 > [Bootloader overwrites Vista's "UID" in the MBR] >=20 > > This has been informative-- perhaps someone ought to file a PR > > about having the installer try to preserve this UID in the MBR...? >=20 > Or perhaps send a message to -hackers. >=20 > 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!" >=20 > 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. No OS, irregardless of whether it is a *.nix *.BSD or Microsoft Windows=20 should overwrite or disable another OS or it's files, period, unless the user so configures the new installation to do so. --=20 Gerard gerard@seibercom.net Lysistrata had a good idea. --Sig_/R0YjJnZcUIG7fzW/h7ia.Wk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkecjZ4ACgkQ6DWTaTcTwMmXjACfXC/vjfTIqfvAYhMCLKfloa2t R88AnAuq8Zn9hDJ3IhiHaHMm0X1Thza4 =hx6Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/R0YjJnZcUIG7fzW/h7ia.Wk--