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Subject: bin/2484: 2.2-BETA install sometimes asks about boot mgr and sometimes doesn't
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>Number:         2484
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       2.2-BETA install sometimes asks about boot mgr and sometimes doesn't
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jan 13 10:20:01 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Bill Fenner
>Organization:
Xerox
>Release:        2.2-BETA
>Environment:
2.2-BETA install floppy
>Description:
I have had to attempt to install FreeBSD 2.2-BETA approximately 6
times so far.  During those 6 attempts, I have gotten significantly
varying behavior from the partition editor.  On one attempt, it
warned me that my geometry was bogus and selected a new one, but
on the other 5 it did not.  It also sometimes asks me what boot
manager I want, but sometimes does not.

The first time I ran it I selected "Dangerously Dedicated" mode
and it definitely did not ask me what kind of boot manager I wanted.
The further times I didn't select anything, since the existing partition
information was correct, and it did ask me what kind of boot manager
I wanted.
>How-To-Repeat:
Install several times, select Dangerously Dedicated mode the first
time and don't edit the partition table the second...Nth times.

>Fix:

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: