Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 12:28:57 -0700 (PDT) From: glen worstell <worstell@siriusnet.net> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/44471: 4.6 install writes MBR even when specified not to. Creams prior w2k install. Message-ID: <200210251928.g9PJSvMs078084@www.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 44471
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: 4.6 install writes MBR even when specified not to. Creams prior w2k install.
>Confidential: no
>Severity: critical
>Priority: high
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
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>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Fri Oct 25 12:30:01 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: glen worstell
>Release: 4.6
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
during install, when instructed not to write MBR the install does it anyway. It is not possible to properly restore the MBR using the windows 2000 recovery procedure - I am not sure why.
This is a very serious bug, because it destroys a previous installation of w2k.
Is this fixed in 4.7? I am very leery of trying freeBSD again, after wasting many, many hours trying to get a proper install.
>How-To-Repeat:
Install windows 2000, then install 4.6, specify not to write to MBR.
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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