Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:56:46 -0500 From: Gerard <gerard@seibercom.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [FreeBSD] 6.3-R diskhandling Message-ID: <20080127085646.30abea8c@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <479C822F.3060108@student.utwente.nl> References: <479B3BCE.3050808@student.utwente.nl> <20080126163443.dcdf9202.ghirai@ghirai.com> <479B4A75.4040001@student.utwente.nl> <479BDF5A.5090506@mac.com> <479C822F.3060108@student.utwente.nl>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:07:59 +0000 "Alphons \"Fonz\" van Werven" <a.j.werven@student.utwente.nl> wrote: > Chuck Swiger wrote: > > [Bootloader overwrites Vista's "UID" in the MBR] > > > This has been informative-- perhaps someone ought to file a PR > > about having the installer try to preserve this UID in the MBR...? > > Or perhaps send a message to -hackers. > > I have been using FreeBSD for a long time so I wanted to have this > fixed somehow (and it has been). But I can imagine it might scare away > people who are new to FreeBSD: "What a bonehead system, it hosed my > Windows. I'll never use that crap again!" > > Come to think of it, does sysinstall keep a copy of the MBR as it was > before the installation? That way, at least people can get their > precious little Windows (yuck) back without having to reinstall it. > If it doesn't, I think it would be a very desirable feature. No OS, irregardless of whether it is a *.nix *.BSD or Microsoft Windows should overwrite or disable another OS or it's files, period, unless the user so configures the new installation to do so. -- Gerard gerard@seibercom.net Lysistrata had a good idea. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkecjZ4ACgkQ6DWTaTcTwMmXjACfXC/vjfTIqfvAYhMCLKfloa2t R88AnAuq8Zn9hDJ3IhiHaHMm0X1Thza4 =hx6Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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