Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 18:32:41 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <markov@globalnet.co.uk> To: MDG <albertodegiorgi@iol.it> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: question not related to FreeBSD ( but please read it ) Message-ID: <19990424183241.F256@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <99042411554700.00347@alfa.local.net>; from MDG on Sat, Apr 24, 1999 at 11:40:47AM %2B0200 References: <99042411554700.00347@alfa.local.net>
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On Sat, Apr 24, 1999 at 11:40:47AM +0200, MDG wrote:
> I know this question is not related to FreeBSD , yet I hope someone wants to
> help me.
> Sooner or later I'll have to reinstall that buggy win98 on my PC. It now
> occupies one of the two slices my HD has been split in. I've got FreeBSD
> installed in the other. I'm worried about the win98 installation process ( I've
> never run it before ) : will it respect the MBR configuration data or will it
> destroy everything's on my HD ? The win98 handbook says nothing about that.
>
It won't trash your data, but it will stomp over the MBR, M$ think
they're the only OSs in the world. It seems to look at a label in
the first few bytes of the MBR and if it finds ``MS'', ``DOS'', or
``WIN'' it seems to leave it alone (I recently re-installed 95 and
it didn't overwrite the MBR put there by NT).
It might be possible to save the MBR using dd(1), then boot from
the FreeBSD floppy or CD and then dd(1) it nack after installing
98, but I'm not 100% sure so I'd get confirmation before trying
it.
If you've got (or can get) a copy of Norton Utilities or similar
that will allow you to back up your MBR and restore it.
HTH
> I thank you all for you attention
>
> Best regards
> MDG
>
>
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