Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 13:26:17 -0700 From: "Kerry Davis" <kedavis@uswest.net> To: "Rick Hamell" <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com> Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Install with DOS partition already in place Message-ID: <0cc001c0348a$ad0326d0$0200000a@system>
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Before or after installing BSD? Unless the BSD install screws with the boot sector for some reason, other than installing its own Boot Manager, I don't see why it would matter. And if I don't tell it to install the Boot Manager, how can I dual boot to either OS? And if it does install the Boot Manager, and the Boot Manager doesn't work - which seems to be the case, one way or another - then how would replacing the MBR with the DOS version be an improvement? I'd end up only being able to boot DOS on that system. -----Original Message----- From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com> To: Kerry Davis <kedavis@uswest.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org <questions@freebsd.org> Date: Thursday, October 12, 2000 10:10 AM Subject: Re: Install with DOS partition already in place > >> Can someone explain to me why the FreeBSD 4.1 install doesn't work properly >> if I already have a DOS partition in place? > > I just did the same thing last night to test. You have to do the >good ol' fdisk /mbr from a DOS boot disk. > > Rick > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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