Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 23:30:44 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: steffi@mnsinc.com (Robert Nicholson) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <199602241300.XAA27030@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199602232008.PAA04701@user2.mnsinc.com> from "Robert Nicholson" at Feb 23, 96 03:08:06 pm
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Robert Nicholson stands accused of saying: > > MBR and superblock? > > I use system commander... > > Does FreeBSD allow you to put the M (loader) on the superblock like linux? boot1 and boot2 live in the area before the disklabel, which is before the superblock for the first partition in the slice. There are only two instances where 0/0/0 is overwritten : - When BootEasy is installed to provide the same functionality as SC. - When the entire disk is treated as a single slice (the Use All Disk/No option in the installer). -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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