Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 19:04:02 +0200 From: Rainer Duffner <rainer@ultra-secure.de> To: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Chuck Burns <break19@gmail.com> Subject: Re: 9.1-RC2 - could it be that the installer does not write the MBR? Message-ID: <20121020190402.253eb553@suse3> In-Reply-To: <20121020001401.GQ1393@glenbarber.us> References: <loom.20121018T100200-200@post.gmane.org> <CA%2B7WWSfVkn%2BJ=k0F4NqdfRG_G2NNzkjKf9HZped_KAsr%2Bg-ZxA@mail.gmail.com> <CAKFCL4WiN1AoiMHAOC8m6hZDFvYD8eQgh3NLWxLzPmu%2BoWp8tA@mail.gmail.com> <50802EFC.2010101@gmail.com> <20121018184426.63c59601@suse3> <50803B22.7000706@gmail.com> <CAJ-Vmo=CB%2Buv_KT6_5mWx4FibeVUAbVNaFgbdhtnTxivAZHDpw@mail.gmail.com> <20121019223841.09866aac@linux-wb36.example.org> <20121019211130.GM1393@glenbarber.us> <20121020020603.628125c8@linux-wb36.example.org> <20121020001401.GQ1393@glenbarber.us>
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Am Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:14:01 -0400 schrieb Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>: > The grub prompt for (Open)Solaris? Or do you use grub on FreeBSD? I thought it was a linux grub (the Firmware-Update DVD is linux-based and I thought it had gone postal. But I came to realize that it was the Solaris grub. We only use FreeBSD on servers and it's always the only OS on the disks. > I _think_ at this point, you've hit the same problem I hit, the only > difference is that in my case, 9.1-PRERELEASE was installed twice, > because the paritions were not ideal. > > So, my guess is if you were to boot the install cd and select 'Live > CD' or 'Shell' from the first menu option, and wrote the GPT bootcode > to da0p1 (assuming da0 is the drive) and reboot, it would have booted > fine. I don't think this is what a user is expecting from an OS installation routine.... It's a bug. Rainer
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