Can't change partition table anymore

Darren Pilgrim dmp at bitfreak.org
Sun Apr 3 21:00:25 PDT 2005


From: Andrey Chernov
> 
> Is there any purpose left for being root anymore?

Yes, to run pkgadd sudo. :)

> > Use boot0cfg and the FreeBSD bootloader instead?
> 
> boot0cfg not works (I assume the reason is the same).
> 
> I can't write FreeBSD bootloader because reinstalled Windows overwrite it 
> with standard MBR and sysinstall don't allow to write bootloader anymore. 
> The only thing I not try yet in that situation was 'dd' - I was too lasy 
> to find needed byte.

The MBR is the first sector of the disk.  FWIW, if you're coexisting with
Windows, it's easier to let Windows have its way with the MBR and use
Windows' own boot loader.  The setup is simple, copy a boot sector and edit
a text file, and Windows won't mess with it.




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