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From: Joseph Mallett <jmallett@xMach.org>
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Subject: misc/28800: sysinstall provides no way to overwrite MBR without repartitioning.
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>Number:         28800
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       sysinstall provides no way to overwrite MBR without repartitioning.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          wish
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jul 07 17:40:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Joseph Mallett
>Release:        5.0-CURRENT
>Organization:
NA
>Environment:
NA
>Description:
I've been having MBR issues with my new 5.0C box all day, and I've discovered that an (easy) way to overwrite the MBR (i.e. change to booteasy) on a disk without having to repartition would be nice, or maybe it just isn't obvious enough how to do it.
>How-To-Repeat:
Try to change MBR contents from sysinstall without going through partition and commit.
>Fix:
none.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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