Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 14:30:02 -0700 (PDT) From: nludban@salientsystems.com To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: misc/7190: "Invalid partition table" after new install with multiple BSD slices Message-ID: <199807062130.OAA22304@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 7190 >Category: misc >Synopsis: "Invalid partition table" after new install with multiple BSD slices >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Jul 6 14:30:00 PDT 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Neil Ludban >Organization: Salient Systems >Release: 2.2.6-RELEASE >Environment: New install off 2.2.6-RELEASE CD (no uname output since it's now running a custom kernel) >Description: Did a custom install and split a 2G scsi disk into (2) 1G slices to get around the 8 partitions/slice limit. sysinstall marked both slices active, and the standard boot loader halted with "Invalid partion table" error. Was able to boot the system using a floppy. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Booted with a floppy, then used fdisk -a to set partition 1 active, and it also set partion 2 inactive. System now boots without any problems. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the messagehelp
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