On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 12:28 AM, Mateusz Viste <mate...@viste.fr> wrote: > I'm going with Louis on this one. When installing FreeDOS, I'd expect > the installer to overwrite my MBR with clean boot code, so I don't have > any troubles booting FreeDOS post install. That's what MS-DOS did, and > that's what I expect from any OS in fact.
Matuesz, I actually went and tested this. MS-DOS 6.22 [0] handles the MBR that same way as FDI [1] does. :/ Both leave a broken MBR, one that cannot boot into the newly installed DOS. > Naturally, an appropriately big warning must be presented before doing > so, and if the user knows he has some tricky configuration (multi-boot), > he should be able to select an option "leave my MBR alone please, I will > take care of it myself". YES! [0] https://youtu.be/etnVOlW23XE [1] https://youtu.be/zKcCVZH7q3s ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
