On 10/18/2012 11:05 AM, Brandon Allbery wrote:
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 5:31 AM, Kimmo Paasiala <[email protected]> wrote:
Such question does not make sense if the disk is GPT partitioned which
is the default now. The boot loader is installed on a separate
freebsd-boot partition and the MBR of the disk contains a special
"protective MBR".
And what is supposed to happen if the disk has an existing MBR and existing
partitions?
With a -proper- existing MBR, it doesn't matter, since it will still
pass boot off to the proper partition. But when you install an MBR
partition manager that overrides the standard MBR code, you must also
then uninstall it when you want to revert back to an OS that knows how
to boot with a normal MBR.
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Chuck Burns <[email protected]>
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Chuck Burns <[email protected]>
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