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From: julian@mailhub.tfs.com (Julian Elischer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Windows NT and FreeBSD
Date: 21 Oct 1995 09:23:26 GMT
Organization: TRW Financial Systems, Oakland, CA
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Message-ID: <46ae6e$1eg@times.tfs.com>
References: <DGI48B.A73@gateway.dcc.com> <460quh$q42@news.bu.edu>
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In article <460quh$q42@news.bu.edu>, Mikhail Teterin <mi@bu.edu> wrote:
>
[....]
>Here is a suggestion to try in your case, posted some time ago by a Linux
>user:
>
>
>- This copy will be used to boot FreeBSD. Everytime the boot sector changes,
>you have to redo the first step. With Linux & lilo this is everytime you
>change your /etc/lilo.conf and run lilo. (The config information is held in
>the boot sector; BTW you shouldn't use the partition table for lilo :-)
Under FreeBSD you do not have to redo this step if you change the
MBR.. The MBR you copied will go read the tables from block 0
rather than trust what it has within itself (I found it easier to do
it that way .. (originally both options were present))
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