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des@des.no (Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav) writes:
> "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> writes:
> > If the administrator uses /stand/sysinstall to replace a Windows=20
> > partition that exists in front of the FreeBSD system partition with a=20
> > UFS partition, will this rename the system partition and break the=20
> > bootup process?
> Yes.

Umm, or rather: in 5.x it shouldn't, in 4.x it may.  GEOM (used in 5.x
but not in 4.x) killed off the "compatibility slice" which would lead
to this problem.

DES
--=20
Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no