From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Tue Aug 22 10:06:01 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8187CDDE60D for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2017 10:06:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org (kenobi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::16:76]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6FC597EDFE for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2017 10:06:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from bugs.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.118]) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id v7MA61GR054048 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2017 10:06:01 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 221674] Installer can't back up when it finds MBR Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 10:06:01 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: AssignedTo X-Bugzilla-Type: changed X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: Base System X-Bugzilla-Component: conf X-Bugzilla-Version: 11.1-RELEASE X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Some People X-Bugzilla-Who: scratch65535@att.net X-Bugzilla-Status: Open X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 10:06:01 -0000 https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D221674 --- Comment #2 from MMacD --- If the installer can't back up because it's really 2 different, dedicated installers, defaulting (currently) to EFI/GPT, would CSM solve the problem = of having an MBR disk where the human DOES want to convert it to GPT?=20 If not, maybe a "pre-installer" is needed that can take a look at the situa= tion and offer choices? E.g.:=20 "Your disc is MBR and seems to have something on it, perhaps another operat= ing system that you want to dual-boot, or some important data that should not be destroyed. Please choose how to proceed: [ ] stop the installation now so that you can switch discs. [ ] keep the MBR partitioning and existing data. Create an additional partition and install FreeBSD into that new partition. [ ] The original partition holds an operating system. Install the FreeBSD boot manager. [ ] keep the MBR partitioning, but discard the existing data. Re-format the existing partition and install FreeBSD there. [ ] convert the disc to GPT. This will erase EVERYTHING on the disc, inclu= ding the MBR partitioning and all the existing data. Then install FreeBSD. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=