From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Aug 31 05:20:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA10822 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 05:20:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA10796 for ; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 05:20:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rvb@sicily.odyssey.cs.cmu.edu) From: rvb@sicily.odyssey.cs.cmu.edu Received: from sicily.odyssey.cs.cmu.edu (SICILY.ODYSSEY.CS.CMU.EDU [128.2.185.138]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id FAA10864 for ; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 05:20:27 -0700 (PDT) To: Christoph Kukulies Cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: 2.2.7 install overwrites bootsect References: <199808310911.LAA04109@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> Date: 31 Aug 1998 08:18:54 -0400 In-Reply-To: Christoph Kukulies's message of Mon, 31 Aug 1998 11:11:03 +0200 (MEST) Message-ID: Lines: 13 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.4.46/Emacs 19.34 Source-Info: Sender is really rvb@sicily.odyssey.cs.cmu.edu Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Christoph Kukulies 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