From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Aug 31 06:40:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA20477 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 06:40:07 -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 GAA20472 for ; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 06:40:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@hotjobs.com) Received: from bright.fx.genx.net (thirdeye@bright.fx.genx.net [206.64.4.154]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA26651 for ; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 06:40:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (bright@localhost) by bright.fx.genx.net (8.9.1/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA17309; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 09:39:47 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bright@hotjobs.com) X-Authentication-Warning: bright.fx.genx.net: bright owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 09:39:47 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein X-Sender: bright@bright.fx.genx.net To: Christoph Kukulies cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: 2.2.7 install overwrites bootsect In-Reply-To: <199808310911.LAA04109@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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. "clicked" ? :) *giggle* he most probably experianced PEBCAK. i've seen people who were told to try freebsd just breeze through the install not really reading _any_ of the prompts then swear when it misbehaves. i've never had the freebsd util not do what it says it's going to do. Alfred Perlstein - Programmer, HotJobs Inc. - www.hotjobs.com -- There are operating systems, and then there's FreeBSD. -- http://www.freebsd.org/ 3.0-current To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message