From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 19 11:30:29 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA27293 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 11:30:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com [24.2.89.207]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA27287 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 11:30:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA25081; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 14:31:37 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from cjc) From: "Crist J. Clark" Message-Id: <199901191931.OAA25081@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Subject: Re: master boot record In-Reply-To: <36A4D39A.115F49A3@cisco.com> from "Michael J. Ruhl" at "Jan 19, 99 10:48:58 am" To: mruhl@cisco.com (Michael J. Ruhl) Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 14:31:37 -0500 (EST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: cjclark@home.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Michael J. Ruhl wrote, > Howdy, > > When I installed FreeBSD, I was given the option (at one point) to > > 1) Install with a normal master boot record, > 2) Install with a the boot loader, > 3) Install with no master boot record (or something very similar). > So my question is, why would you want to install with the third > option? :) You might be installing on a non-booting disk. You might be installing over a old FreeBSD version and do not want to change the boot info. And the best reason: Without option 3, FreeBSD would be like M$ Windows (which when it is installed over-writes the boot record without even asking) in that it forces you to change it. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message