Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 02:50:19 GMT From: Tim Middleton <x@vex.net> To: freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/72895: [sysinstall] Sysinstall generates invalid partition table Message-ID: <200605080250.k482oJug013794@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/72895; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Tim Middleton <x@vex.net> To: bug-followup@freebsd.org, test2root@schmalzbauer.de Cc: Subject: Re: bin/72895: [sysinstall] Sysinstall generates invalid partition table Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 22:48:10 -0400 In case anyone else hitting this bug needs some help... the MBR can be easily fixed by booting from the FreeBSD install disk and running the "fixit" shell. From the shell run: fdisk -i /dev/yourdrive (yourdrive being something like da0, ad0, amr0, etc) Accept all of the defaults (ie. don't make any changes) until it prompts you to set the "active" slice. Say yes to that. It will show you all of your FreeBSD partitions (165) as active. And you probably want the default it offers (slice 1). When fdisk finishes, reboot. (The MBR can be fixed a bunch of other ways, with other software, as well, but the above method was what I found simplest and quickest.)help
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