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Date:      Sat, 5 Sep 2009 22:00:40 -0400
From:      Mike Jeays <mike.jeays@rogers.com>
To:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Death By NetBSD
Message-ID:  <200909052200.41223.mike.jeays@rogers.com>
In-Reply-To: <86bplpt4m6.wl%bh@izb.knu.ac.kr>
References:  <200909051717.15321.mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk> <86bplpt4m6.wl%bh@izb.knu.ac.kr>

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On September 5, 2009 06:21:21 pm =E7=89=9B=E7=B2=A5 wrote:
> At Sat, 5 Sep 2009 17:17:15 +0100,
>
> Frank Mitchell wrote:
> > Hi:
> >
> > Recently I installed NetBSD, then found FreeBSD wouldn't start. I had
> > this problem before and believed it was due to a bug in the NetBSD Boot
> > Selector, which I avoided installing. But this time it looked as if my
> > FreeBSD Partition got wiped completely.
> >
> > Re-trying, it looked like NetBSD spotted the FreeBSD FFSv2 Partition and
> > decided to assign it a Mount Point of "/". This is listed if you look
> > closely under "NetBSD Disklabel Partitions... last chance to change". I
> > edited that Mount Point away and afterwards my (reinstalled) FreeBSD was
> > still present.
> >
> > Hey, I'm glad I keep my Data on a separate Partition. Am I the only guy
> > who didn't know about this?
>
> Welcome!
>
> Personally i don't use dual booting. All operating system is in
> primary master. Whenever special operating system is needed, i changed
> that physicially hand by hand. It is safe for me, anyway ..;;
>
> Sincerely,

Agreed. I much prefer disk caddies for a desktop machine. I had a bad day a=
=20
few years ago when I wiped out an entire dual-boot FreeBSD/Windows disk wit=
h a=20
careless use of fdisk.

=2D-=20
Mike Jeays
http://www.jeays.ca
http://www.rotarycpmm.ca





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