Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 23:07:09 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing Windows *after* FreeBSD Message-ID: <20141104230709.44c54a2a.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <59062.128.135.70.2.1415137788.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> References: <1871133.1mJRhnQs1i@falbala> <20141104223724.658347f2.freebsd@edvax.de> <59062.128.135.70.2.1415137788.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu>
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On Tue, 4 Nov 2014 15:49:48 -0600 (CST), Valeri Galtsev wrote: > > On Tue, November 4, 2014 3:37 pm, Polytropon wrote: > > On Tue, 04 Nov 2014 21:55:11 +0100, Christian Baer wrote: > > > >> If there is any documentation > >> about using FreeBSD and Windows on one machine, it usually assumes that > >> Windows was installed first. > > > > Yes, because it's less trouble. :-) > > > > No, I would put it differently. Because FreeBSD (or Linux) know that other > systems exist, whereas M$ (Windows) prefers not to know about existence of > other OSes. This is correct, I just didn't want to express it that directly. Keep in mind that MICROS~1 invented the PC, the Internet, the mouse, and the only OS that exists is "Windows", so... you need additional tools to repair what the "Windows" installer damaged. Luckily, FreeBSD provides such tools natively (no need to buy a 3rd party program). :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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