Date: 31 Aug 1998 08:18:54 -0400 From: rvb@sicily.odyssey.cs.cmu.edu To: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: 2.2.7 install overwrites bootsect Message-ID: <yzs7lzpbaz5.fsf@sicily.odyssey.cs.cmu.edu> In-Reply-To: Christoph Kukulies's message of Mon, 31 Aug 1998 11:11:03 %2B0200 (MEST) References: <199808310911.LAA04109@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>
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Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> writes: > I gave a 2.2.7 dist kit to a (sceptic?) colleague. I was hoping > him coming back as a missionaire. Grrm, he told me, FreeBSD install > had overwritten his bootsector (NT) although he explicitly clicked > the option that was promising to leave the bootsector intact. I tend to make this mistake too. You move to the line to say leave the bootsectors alone. But you must then type space to move the "X" to that line. Otherwise, it will take the default -- install the FreeBSD boot. Maybe there should be no X on that menu at all? ... But then you get no boot, but if you set the active bit this may be good enough. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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