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Date:      Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:23:22 GMT
From:      jb <jb.1234abcd@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   bin/172847: bsdinstall - missing boot loader location selection (MBR, root slice/partition)
Message-ID:  <201210180923.q9I9NMFk024521@red.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <201210180930.q9I9U13U046506@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         172847
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       bsdinstall - missing boot loader location selection (MBR, root slice/partition)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Oct 18 09:30:01 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     jb
>Release:        FreeBSD 9.1-RC2 #0
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD localhost.localdomain 9.1-RC2 FreeBSD 9.1-RC2 #0 r241133: Tue Oct  2 17:11:45 UTC 2012     root@obrian.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386

>Description:
Boot loader location selection.

I installed FreeBSD 9.1-RC2 and noticed that there was no question asked
where to install boot loader (MBR or FreeBSD root slice/partition).
We want to have that for multi-boot systems.

It should be added to Committing to the Installation step.

>How-To-Repeat:
bsdinstall
>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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