[FreeBSD] 6.3-R diskhandling

[Gerard]

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:07:59 +0000
"Alphons \"Fonz\" van Werven" <a.j.werven at 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 at seibercom.net

Lysistrata had a good idea.

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