From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 24 10:37:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sand5.global.net.uk (sand5.global.net.uk [194.126.80.249]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFB7415218 for ; Sat, 24 Apr 1999 10:36:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marko@globalnet.co.uk) Received: from p19s09a06.client.global.net.uk ([195.147.217.26] helo=marder-1.) by sand5.global.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 10b6MI-0004V7-00; Sat, 24 Apr 1999 18:36:54 +0100 Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id SAA00507; Sat, 24 Apr 1999 18:32:41 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from marko) Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 18:32:41 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: MDG Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: question not related to FreeBSD ( but please read it ) Message-ID: <19990424183241.F256@marder-1> References: <99042411554700.00347@alfa.local.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <99042411554700.00347@alfa.local.net>; from MDG on Sat, Apr 24, 1999 at 11:40:47AM +0200 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message