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
On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:07:59 +
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...?
Gerard wrote:
Come to think of it, does sysinstall keep a copy of the MBR as it was
before the installation?
I checked and it doesn't seem to be the case. Might be worth a PR?
No OS, irregardless of whether it is a *.nix *.BSD or Microsoft Windows
should overwrite or disable another OS or
On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:22:21 +
Alphons \Fonz\ van Werven [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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I believe that in Redmond you'll find some people who disagree with
you... I can't re-install Vista here without it wiping the entire
disk. Older versions of DOS/Windows merely overwrote the MBR,
Gerard wrote:
There have been several articles written describing how to install Vista
after installing another OS. You could start with this one, or Google
for others.
http://apcmag.com/5045/how_to_dual_boot_vista_with_linux
That probably works with the retail versions of Vista, but
Hi,
I have a recent model Toshiba laptop here, dual-booting Windows Vista and
Slackware Linux (not my call, so no flames please). When I got the
go-ahead to replace Linux with FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE, the following
happened:
The partitioner complained that the found geometry 232581/16/63 is
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:55:26 +
Alphons \Fonz\ van Werven [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I have a recent model Toshiba laptop here, dual-booting Windows Vista and
Slackware Linux (not my call, so no flames please). When I got the
go-ahead to replace Linux with FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE, the
Alphons Fonz van Werven wrote:
Hi,
I have a recent model Toshiba laptop here, dual-booting Windows Vista and
Slackware Linux (not my call, so no flames please). When I got the
go-ahead to replace Linux with FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE, the following
happened:
The partitioner complained that the
Manolis Kiagias wrote:
Alphons Fonz van Werven wrote:
Hi,
I have a recent model Toshiba laptop here, dual-booting Windows Vista
and
Slackware Linux (not my call, so no flames please). When I got the
go-ahead to replace Linux with FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE, the following
happened:
The
Ghirai wrote:
This article might help:
http://www.clearchain.com/wiki/FreeBSD_%26_Windows_Vista
Okay, thanks for the link. I was not aware of that.
However, I do think there's more to it than that. After all, Slackware was
able to install LILO without any problems whatsoever. Both Vista
Manolis Kiagias wrote:
then download and install the EasyBCD
That too seems a solution worth considering.
I'll think about it. Thanks!
Alphons
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Alphons Fonz van Werven wrote:
Manolis Kiagias wrote:
then download and install the EasyBCD
That too seems a solution worth considering.
I'll think about it. Thanks!
Alphons
May I add I used this successfully on a number of occasions, including
my current laptop.
Alphons Fonz van Werven wrote:
Ghirai wrote:
This article might help:
http://www.clearchain.com/wiki/FreeBSD_%26_Windows_Vista
Okay, thanks for the link. I was not aware of that.
However, I do think there's more to it than that. After all, Slackware was
able to install LILO without any
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