Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 10:12:57 -0800 (PST) From: fenner@parc.xerox.com To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/2484: 2.2-BETA install sometimes asks about boot mgr and sometimes doesn't Message-ID: <199701131812.KAA26803@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <199701131820.KAA27206@freefall.freebsd.org>
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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:
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