From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Mar 25 07:41:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA26489 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Wed, 25 Mar 1998 07:41:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from andrew1.lnk.telstra.net (andrew1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.51.121]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA26434; Wed, 25 Mar 1998 07:41:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cagney@tpgi.com.au) Received: (from cagney@localhost) by andrew1.lnk.telstra.net (8.8.7/8.7.3) id CAA27141; Thu, 26 Mar 1998 02:38:32 +1100 (EST) Received: from Messages.8.5.N.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.b1.cygnus.com.i386.bsd via MS.5.6.b1.cygnus.com.i386_bsd; Thu, 26 Mar 1998 02:38:25 +1100 (WET) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 02:38:25 +1100 (WET) From: Andrew Cagney To: Studded , jkh@time.cdrom.com Subject: Re: i386/5594 System not bootable when bad partition type present. CC: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org, jkh@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <9290.890610621@time.cdrom.com> References: <9290.890610621@time.cdrom.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Excerpts from mail: 22-Mar-98 Re: i386/5594 System not bo.. @time.cdrom.com (563) > > I don't use booteasy (the mbr thingie :) so I don't feel comfortable > > advising you about this. I'm cc'ing Jordan "Mr. Sysinstall" Hubbard who > > not only understands the system a lot better but is hopefully in a > > position to fix any problems that you uncover. Thanks for your > > willingness to help. > You can just (W)rite the partition information (and, optionally, the > boot mgr) directly from the partition editor if you wish to change it > from sysinstall without doing anything else. Get to the Partition > editor from the Configuration screen. Looks like I can't reproduce the problem without trashing the disk :-(. Might have to either suspend or close it. sorry Andrew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message