> On Wed, May 12, 1999 at 05:06:03PM -0700, Mike Smith wrote: > > > well, I wonder if other people have noticed this also, but if you don't > > > have a previous boot loader installed (like windows/dos) the ONLY way > > > to install onto a machine is TO use a dangerously dedicated mode... > > > > This is quite untrue. I do a lot of installs to virgin systems on a > > wide range of hardware, and I haven't encountered any situations where > > DD has been necessary in a long time. OTOH, I have met many where DD > > would be fatal. > > Virgin systems is not virgin disks. If you buy a complete PC, this > bootloader from Redmonton is already on the disk. I had similiar > problems a while back and unless someone has explicitely looked > after this, it still persits.
I am not a complete idiot, and when I say "virgin" system, I mean it. I'm quite aware of your problem. I outlined several solutions to it in the previous message, and elaborated on them in the handbook update I wrote about DD mode. I'm always looking for better ways of dealing with this problem; DD mode is not one however. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ m...@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msm...@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msm...@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
