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>
> Well, my pmbr isn't really an MBR, it's just the fake one to make things
> "work right" as I understand it.  In fact, I don't really understand it,
> or why it's necessary, but it's pretty clear that something's funky
> here.

it is only necessary if you use FreeBSD installer.