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From: Tony Griffiths <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD boot manager and Windows NT disk manager
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 11:52:46 +1000
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To: Stefan Witzel <switzel@uni-goettingen.de>

Stefan Witzel wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I've installed FreeBSD 2.1.5 and Windows NT 3.51 on my hard disk and use
> the FreeBSD boot manager. When I call the NT disk manager it tells me
> that it wants to write a signature to the disk. Does this overwrites the
> boot manager?
>
I've been told that writing an NT "signature" on a Unix partition will
trash it, so don't do it!!!

> Thanks in advance.
> 
> --
> Stefan Witzel                                  switzel@uni-goettingen.de
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Tony