Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 12:03:17 -0800 From: "Michael J. Ruhl" <mruhl@cisco.com> To: cjclark@home.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Pete Collins <pcollins@ocsny.com> Subject: Re: master boot record Message-ID: <36A4E505.488C0142@cisco.com> References: <199901191931.OAA25081@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------5375D3697822AB08ACB5B494 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "Crist J. Clark" wrote: > You might be installing on a non-booting disk. You might be installing > over a old FreeBSD version and do not want to change the boot info. > > And the best reason: > > Without option 3, FreeBSD would be like M$ Windows (which when it is > installed over-writes the boot record without even asking) in that it > forces you to change it. > -- > Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com Pete Collins wrote: > so when you are running multiple os's on your machine you don't > interfere with the old boot record > > or you may have another os loader that you like and don't want to mess > with > > i personally boot my freebsd from floppy as not to interfere with the nt > os loader it doesn't like being messed with > > later > > pete Ahh, that is what I suspected, and that could explain why my active partition gets stomped on when ever I boot FreeBSD. I will reinstall and use that option. :) Thanks! mike --------------5375D3697822AB08ACB5B494 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="mruhl.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Michael J. Ruhl Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="mruhl.vcf" begin:vcard n:Ruhl;Michael J. tel;fax:(831) 457-5208 tel;work:(831) 457-5423 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:www.employees.org/~mruhl org:Cisco Systems;Cisco by the Sea adr:;;101 Cooper St.;Santa Cruz;California;95060;U.S.A. version:2.1 email;internet:mruhl@cisco.com title:Tall Blonde Guy x-mozilla-cpt:;-21152 fn:Michael J. Ruhl end:vcard --------------5375D3697822AB08ACB5B494-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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