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Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:44:26 +0200
From: Rainer Duffner <rainer@ultra-secure.de>
To: Chuck Burns <break19@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: 9.1-RC2 - could it be that the installer does not write the MBR?
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Am Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:31:56 -0500
schrieb Chuck Burns <break19@gmail.com>:

> On 10/18/2012 11:05 AM, Brandon Allbery wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 5:31 AM, Kimmo Paasiala
> > <kpaasial@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Such question does not make sense if the disk is GPT partitioned
> >> which is the default now. The boot loader is installed on a
> >> separate freebsd-boot partition and the MBR of the disk contains a
> >> special "protective MBR".
> >
> >
> > And what is supposed to happen if the disk has an existing MBR and
> > existing partitions?
> >
> 
> Besides which.. Do you want FreeBSD to overwrite the MBR?

Yes.
I've long since given up on FreeBSD for workstations - I simply don't
have the time to get everything right.

> Thus
> erasing grub when someone is attempting to install FreeBSD alongside
> Linux?


How many people actually do that, now that there are so many
virtualization-options?

 
> If you do not want GRUB, you must remove GRUB and revert to a proper
> MBR.

And how do you remove GRUB?
The original OS did no longer boot in my case....

Do I need to file a PR for this?