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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Good GOD, I'm ****ed!
Date: 30 Apr 1997 11:27:25 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <3367130D.167EB0E7@freebsd.org>,
"Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> Mark Heath wrote:
>>
>> Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@FreeBSD.org) wrote:
>>
>> : Perhaps Windows 95 has some sort of "auto MBR migration" feature in
>> : which it explicitly copies such date over without asking you, but I
>> : seriously doubt it. Even the boys in Redmond rarely screw the pooch
>> : with that much enthusiasm.
>>
>> I wouldn't be too sure. I was Installing 95 on my home machine which
>> already had linux on it and LILO on the MBR and LILO silently dissapeared
>> without a prompt or a dialog from the Gates.
>
> That's actually a well-known pathology. Yes, Win95 will definitely
> *stomp* your existing MBR without ever asking, but migrate one? That'd
> be a new one. :)
NT4 gets that bit closer. It puts a standard MBR on the boot disk
while installing, then puts the original back when it's done
rebooting a few times. Wouldn't it be a laugh if there was an
"out by one" error in there *grin*.
Probably not though, the original guy was using 95 (which as you say,
omits the "put it back" bit).
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !