From owner-freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 19 14:12:48 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27B1B16A605 for ; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 14:12:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (66-23-211-162.clients.speedfactory.net [66.23.211.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D61A543D4C for ; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 14:12:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from zion.baldwin.cx (zion.baldwin.cx [192.168.0.7]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k5JECVEO016579; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 10:12:40 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org, Heiner Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 09:34:59 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <200606161900.k5GJ0e4g022134@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200606161900.k5GJ0e4g022134@freefall.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200606190935.00215.jhb@freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (server.baldwin.cx [192.168.0.1]); Mon, 19 Jun 2006 10:12:40 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1549/Sat Jun 17 18:20:39 2006 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: Subject: Re: bin/48341: [sysinstall] sysinstall deletes mbr although it should not X-BeenThere: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Quality Assurance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 14:12:48 -0000 On Friday 16 June 2006 15:00, Heiner wrote: > The following reply was made to PR bin/48341; it has been noted by GNATS. >=20 > From: Heiner > To: bug-followup@freebsd.org, > freebsd-qa@freebsd.org > Cc: =20 > Subject: Re: bin/48341: [sysinstall] sysinstall deletes mbr although it s= hould not > Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 21:01:37 +0200 >=20 > I have now tested the installation of FreeBSD 6.1 on a machine with some= other=20 > OS already existing. I've choosen 'none' as described in the bug descrip= tion.=20 > The goal was to use the existing boot manager and point it afterwards to= the=20 > FreeBSD installation as well. > =20 > Result: the system was not bootable after the FreeBSD installation. An=20 > analysis shows, that the mbr was not deleted or destroyed; just the acti= ve=20 > flag was removed and the FreeBSD slice was set active. Setting the previ= ous=20 > slice active resolved the problem! > =20 > So the bug text should be replaced by: > =20 > sysinstall changes the active slice flag although the corresponding sysi= nstall=20 > question was answered with "None - Leave Master Boot Record untouched" Hmm, this is because the menu is not about leaving the MBR completely untouched (we couldn't add new slices if we did that!) but instead about leaving the boot code in the MBR untouched. Note that the Active flag isn't stored in the boot code, but in the partition table. When you create the FreeBSD slice in the MBR during installation, it will have the Active flag set. You can manually reset the Active flag on the Windows partition before exiting that stage of the disk editor and things should work as expected. Would you be able to try that out and verify that? =2D-=20 John Baldwin =A0<>< =A0http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" =A0=3D =A0http://www.FreeBSD.org