On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:07:59 +0000 "Alphons \"Fonz\" van Werven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Chuck Swiger wrote: > > [Bootloader overwrites Vista's "UID" in the MBR] > > > This has been informative-- perhaps someone ought to file a PR > > about having the installer try to preserve this UID in the MBR...? > > Or perhaps send a message to -hackers. > > I have been using FreeBSD for a long time so I wanted to have this > fixed somehow (and it has been). But I can imagine it might scare away > people who are new to FreeBSD: "What a bonehead system, it hosed my > Windows. I'll never use that crap again!" > > Come to think of it, does sysinstall keep a copy of the MBR as it was > before the installation? That way, at least people can get their > precious little Windows (yuck) back without having to reinstall it. > If it doesn't, I think it would be a very desirable feature. No OS, irregardless of whether it is a *.nix *.BSD or Microsoft Windows should overwrite or disable another OS or it's files, period, unless the user so configures the new installation to do so. -- Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lysistrata had a good idea.
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