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From: Tim Middleton <x@vex.net>
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Subject: Re: bin/72895: [sysinstall] Sysinstall generates invalid partition
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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
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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.)