Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 02:10:05 +0000 (UTC) From: Eric van Gyzen <vangyzen@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-10@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r294651 - stable/10/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts Message-ID: <201601240210.u0O2A5U6046395@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: vangyzen Date: Sun Jan 24 02:10:05 2016 New Revision: 294651 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/294651 Log: MFC r293860 bsdinstall: Suggest the GPT+Active workaround on Dell T5810 The Dell Precision Tower 5810 fails to boot from GPT in Legacy/BIOS mode without the Active flag in the Protective MBR. Suggest the workaround during installation. Since an increasing number of Dell systems exhibit this behavior, I imagine all Dells past a certain date will do so. I would like to suggest the workaround for all Dells with a BIOS date of, say, 2014 or later, but I would need to test a variety of systems before committing such a change. Relnotes: We should probably suggest using GPT+Active on "recent" Dells. Sponsored by: Dell Inc. Modified: stable/10/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/auto Directory Properties: stable/10/ (props changed) Modified: stable/10/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/auto ============================================================================== --- stable/10/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/auto Sun Jan 24 00:26:45 2016 (r294650) +++ stable/10/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/auto Sun Jan 24 02:10:05 2016 (r294651) @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ if f_interactive; then ;; "Dell Inc.") case "$sys_model" in - "Latitude E7440"|"Latitude E7240") + "Latitude E7440"|"Latitude E7240"|"Precision Tower 5810") dialog_workaround "$msg_gpt_active_fix" retval=$? f_dprintf "gpt_active_fix_prompt=[%s]" "$retval"
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