Subject: Re: NetBSD and FreeBSD co-existing
To: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@dsg.stanford.edu>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/20/1997 19:18:03
Jonathan Stone writes:
> Did you get a warning about `Erase the previous contents of the disk'
> from disklabel?  It *really* means that; it's about to overwrite the
> MBR with its own DOS bootrecord, tossing away any MBR partitions you
> might have. 

disklabel does not touch the MBR. Doesn't know about the MBR. Has no
consciousness of the MBR.


Perry