Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 05:04:55 +0200 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@fer.hr> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: MS Vista vs FreeBSD's bootloader Message-ID: <46832557.8080902@fer.hr> In-Reply-To: <722528.14010.qm@web32707.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <722528.14010.qm@web32707.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig70820A6AD0C46340EADA31E5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable pfgshield-freebsd@yahoo.com wrote: > > Hi; > > > > FWIW, if you just got your new computer with Windows Vista installed and were > > hoping to dual boot FreeBSD on it, let me tell you that FreeBSD's bootloader > > will screw things up. > > > > Microsoft basically declared the war on alternative OSs so it seems vista > > doesn't like: > > - bootloaders different than the one used by Vista. > > - Making a non Vista partition active. I can confirm this - messing with the boot sector will make Vista unbootable, but it can be repaired with the installer (of course, you lose FreeBSD at that point). It seems Vista uses registry or some other binary format to store boot info (as opposed to WinXP which uses a text file...) and it protects the boot loader for "DRM" reasons. --------------enig70820A6AD0C46340EADA31E5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGgyVXldnAQVacBcgRAvkdAJ4yQVmHyS4ELmtHQnuhckDST2d8SwCg7lvM QZRtV+vAJNM83Auf7Snsg2Q= =0Vrh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig70820A6AD0C46340EADA31E5--
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