Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 03:08:49 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Chuck Bacon <crtb@cape.com> Subject: Re: Why does my 8.2-RC3 dvd1 boot DOS? Message-ID: <20110205030849.bf6049c0.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20110205010514.GA23857@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102041635020.1580@tomato.local> <20110205010514.GA23857@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk>
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On Sat, 5 Feb 2011 01:05:14 +0000, Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> wrote: > Sometimes manufacturers ship PC-DOS on the HDD if the machine comes > with "no OS"; maybe that's what you are seeing. Or it could be part of a "service partition", a modern means to get rid of installation media to be shipped with PCs that come with an OEM provided OS. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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