Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2017 16:52:08 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 221674] Installer can't back up when it finds MBR Message-ID: <bug-221674-8@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D221674 Bug ID: 221674 Summary: Installer can't back up when it finds MBR Product: Base System Version: 11.1-RELEASE Hardware: amd64 OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Some People Priority: --- Component: conf Assignee: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: scratch65535@att.net Transitional motherboards allow a switch to be set for "EFI", "legacy", or "both". The factory setting (on the ones with which I'm familiar, anyway) = is "both". When dual-booting with an o/s that uses MBR, e.g. XP or W7, the installer w= ill default to EFI without looking to see whether there's already an MBR part on the disc.=20=20 Then, when the human refuses to let it have the whole disc, it doesn't know= how to back up to go down the MBR path. It just hangs in a functionally-choice= less loop, requiring the human to choose between whole-disc and partition, but rejecting partition as a choice.=20=20 It should either know how to back up, or know how to avoid getting into that situation in the first place. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
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