From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Feb 3 14:24:15 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA04972 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 14:24:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from houston.matchlogic.com (houston.matchlogic.com [205.216.147.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA04966 for ; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 14:24:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonb@matchlogic.com) Received: by houston.matchlogic.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) id ; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 15:23:41 -0700 Message-ID: <64003B21ECCAD11185C500805F31EC0301977D8D@houston.matchlogic.com> From: Jon Bailey To: "'stable@freebsd.org'" Subject: Fully Dedicated HD may clobber some BIOS' Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 15:23:41 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Just a note for everyone when partitioning your HD for FreeBSD, if you use the entire disk "dedicated" instead of using a DOS/other compatible master boot record, some BIOS' won't load the FreeBSD MBR and will die. (And, I surmise, some BIOS' may think it's a virus.) -jon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message