Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 20:39:16 +0100 From: Heiner <h.eichmann@gmx.de> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/48341: Sysinstall deletes mbr although it should not Message-ID: <200302162039.16382.h.eichmann@gmx.de>
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>Number: 48341 >Category: bin >Synopsis: Sysinstall deletes mbr although it should not >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Feb 16 13:10:09 PST 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Heiner Eichmann <h.eichmann@gmx.de> >Release: FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE i386 >Organization: Sirius Cybernetics Corp. >Environment: System: FreeBSD 7of9.unimatrix-zero.borg 4.7-STABLE FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE #0: Sat Oct 12 19:14:16 CEST 2002 root@7of9.unimatrix-zero.borg:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MYKERNEL i386 Athlon 1300 borad, 2 hard drives. Prim. master: 1st partition: Windows 98 with Windows 200 dual boot, 2nd partition free (for FreeBSD) Prim. slave: Windows 2000 >Description: During the installation from CD as described in the hanbook ad0s2 was choosen as install target and partitioned by pressing 'a'. Afterwards, the boot manager question (chapter 2.5.4) was answered with "None". My plan was to use a boot utility on a floppy disk to boot FreeBSD later on (which works on another computer) in order to leave microsoft boot handler untouched. After finishing the installation process, the computer could not boot at all: The mbr of the primary master hard drive was deleted or destroyed! By booting from a MS-DOS boot disk and running fdisk /mbr the boot problem was fixed. The bug remains: If I choose 'None' in sysinstall I expect the mbr to be untouched! >How-To-Repeat: Install a non FreeBSD operating system on the first partition of your prim. master harddisk which uses the mbr to boot. Install FreeBSD afterwards on the second partition of the same disk, answering the question of chapter 2.5.4 with 'none'. After the installation the mbr is gone. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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