Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:31:56 -0500 From: Chuck Burns <break19@gmail.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9.1-RC2 - could it be that the installer does not write the MBR? Message-ID: <50802EFC.2010101@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAKFCL4WiN1AoiMHAOC8m6hZDFvYD8eQgh3NLWxLzPmu%2BoWp8tA@mail.gmail.com> References: <FDB45151-C7D2-4BAC-B81B-CF4BD14F1633@ultra-secure.de> <CAKFCL4W2Mg_de1NPyxF42=YPqC9BSsiF8bhT5eNrXe_sk_TxaA@mail.gmail.com> <loom.20121018T100200-200@post.gmane.org> <CA%2B7WWSfVkn%2BJ=k0F4NqdfRG_G2NNzkjKf9HZped_KAsr%2Bg-ZxA@mail.gmail.com> <CAKFCL4WiN1AoiMHAOC8m6hZDFvYD8eQgh3NLWxLzPmu%2BoWp8tA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 10/18/2012 11:05 AM, Brandon Allbery wrote: > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 5:31 AM, Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Such question does not make sense if the disk is GPT partitioned which >> is the default now. The boot loader is installed on a separate >> freebsd-boot partition and the MBR of the disk contains a special >> "protective MBR". > > > And what is supposed to happen if the disk has an existing MBR and existing > partitions? > Besides which.. Do you want FreeBSD to overwrite the MBR? Thus erasing grub when someone is attempting to install FreeBSD alongside Linux? If you do not want GRUB, you must remove GRUB and revert to a proper MBR. -- Chuck Burns <break19@gmail.com>
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