From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 19 20:38:55 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA3E03D3 for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:38:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rainer@ultra-secure.de) Received: from mail.ultra-secure.de (mail.ultra-secure.de [78.47.114.122]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22B838FC0A for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:38:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 46995 invoked by uid 89); 19 Oct 2012 20:38:47 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.4.0 ppid: 46990, pid: 46992, t: 0.0904s scanners: attach: 1.4.0 clamav: 0.97.3/m:54/d:15480 Received: from unknown (HELO linux-wb36.example.org) (rainer@ultra-secure.de@217.71.83.52) by mail.ultra-secure.de with ESMTPA; 19 Oct 2012 20:38:47 -0000 Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 22:38:41 +0200 From: Rainer Duffner To: Adrian Chadd Subject: Re: 9.1-RC2 - could it be that the installer does not write the MBR? Message-ID: <20121019223841.09866aac@linux-wb36.example.org> In-Reply-To: References: <50802EFC.2010101@gmail.com> <20121018184426.63c59601@suse3> <50803B22.7000706@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10 (GTK+ 2.24.7; i586-suse-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Chuck Burns X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:38:55 -0000 Am Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:32:49 -0700 schrieb Adrian Chadd : > Guys/girls/etc, > > I do suggest that someone actually spends some time coming up with a > table of "what the current state is", "what we could do", "what would > happen if we did that." > > Right now there's a lot of possibilities (new drive, drive with > windows, drive with linux, drive with linux/windows, drive with legacy > freebsd MBR, etc) and as an outsider trying to figure out what is > actually the "right" sounding behaviour, it's difficult for me to sit > down and digest all these emails that chip away at a bit of the > problem at a time. > > So if you'd like to see this fixed, I really do suggest that one of > you dumps some time into coming up with a basic table like I said > above, work with others who can correct/flesh out the various options > to take into account, and then we can come up with a real solution. > Then 9.1 can go out the door. > If I select the "entire disk" for FreeBSD, I think it's a reasonable assumption that the MBR should replaced, too. Please don't make people install FreeBSD 9.0 first on disks with non-FreeBSD MRRs and then upgrade to 9.1.