From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 27 14:22:27 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 EBD0316A468 for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:22:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from a.j.werven@student.utwente.nl) Received: from filter1-tmobile.zx.nl (filter1-tmobile.zx.nl [194.187.76.138]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABC7913C45D for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:22:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from a.j.werven@student.utwente.nl) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filter1-tmobile.zx.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8498ED414F for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:22:26 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at zx.nl Received: from filter1-tmobile.zx.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (filter1.zx.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10127) with ESMTP id pYmlhliqs97H for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:22:19 +0100 (CET) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (unknown [91.141.234.233]) by filter1-tmobile.zx.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:22:18 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <479C939D.8060503@student.utwente.nl> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:22:21 +0000 From: "Alphons \"Fonz\" van Werven" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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> <20080127085646.30abea8c@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20080127085646.30abea8c@scorpio> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 14:22:28 -0000 Gerard wrote: >> Come to think of it, does sysinstall keep a copy of the MBR as it was >> before the installation? I checked and it doesn't seem to be the case. Might be worth a PR? > No OS, irregardless of whether it is a *.nix *.BSD or Microsoft Windows > should overwrite or disable another OS or it's files, period, unless > the user so configures the new installation to do so. I believe that in Redmond you'll find some people who disagree with you... I can't re-install Vista here without it wiping the entire disk. Older versions of DOS/Windows merely overwrote the MBR, something that wasn't right either, but at least it could be fixed. Vista doesn't seem willing to share at all. Alphons -- VISTA - Viruses Intruders Spyware Trojans Adware