Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 01:10:50 GMT From: Jan Slaets <jan@janot.ifsc.usp.br> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: i386/83425: fdisk can't read or write disklabel Message-ID: <200507140110.j6E1Aoq2046747@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200507140120.j6E1KB65052275@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 83425
>Category: i386
>Synopsis: fdisk can't read or write disklabel
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: high
>Responsible: freebsd-i386
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Thu Jul 14 01:20:11 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Jan Slaets
>Release: FreeBSD 5.4 - release
>Organization:
Univ. Sao Paulo - Brazil
>Environment:
i386-atlon with only one ATAPI 10Gbyte hard disc
>Description:
Installation process is unable to read or write fdisk and any new partition data to disk ad0 and is aborted.
The 5.4-release fails also to recognize any partition data created successfully by a 4.6.2 FreeBSD installation on the same 10Gbyte hard disk. (Done to try an upgrade procedure to 5.4)
Disk geometry of ad0 cyl 1247 heads 255 sect 63
>How-To-Repeat:
Always.
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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