Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:44:26 +0200 From: Rainer Duffner <rainer@ultra-secure.de> To: Chuck Burns <break19@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9.1-RC2 - could it be that the installer does not write the MBR? Message-ID: <20121018184426.63c59601@suse3> In-Reply-To: <50802EFC.2010101@gmail.com> References: <FDB45151-C7D2-4BAC-B81B-CF4BD14F1633@ultra-secure.de> <CAKFCL4W2Mg_de1NPyxF42=YPqC9BSsiF8bhT5eNrXe_sk_TxaA@mail.gmail.com> <loom.20121018T100200-200@post.gmane.org> <CA%2B7WWSfVkn%2BJ=k0F4NqdfRG_G2NNzkjKf9HZped_KAsr%2Bg-ZxA@mail.gmail.com> <CAKFCL4WiN1AoiMHAOC8m6hZDFvYD8eQgh3NLWxLzPmu%2BoWp8tA@mail.gmail.com> <50802EFC.2010101@gmail.com>
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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?
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