Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:54:06 -0500 From: Chris Ruiz <yr.retarded@gmail.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.0-RC1 install "Leave MBR untouched" writes MBR anyway Message-ID: <58c737d70909262054k7c7b1402w4f9c902fdca2640c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909262030060.13303@lightning.wonkity.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909262030060.13303@lightning.wonkity.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 9:40 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > I had written: > >> Just did a mini install of the 8.0-RC1 ISO. After slicing, choosing "Lea= ve >> the Master Boot Record untouched" is ignored. A standard MBR is >> installed. > > That was on a Toshiba notebook with Vista freshly installed and ACPI > disabled. =A0I tried it twice to make sure. > > Installing from the same 8.0-RC1 image in qemu works fine, leaving the MB= R > alone. =A0So either the problem is a figment of my imagination, or is rar= e > enough to ignore. =A0Same thing, really. Actually, I had the same thing happen when installing 7.2 on my MacBook (because 8.0-betas/rcs and CURRENT panic on boot). I selected Leave the MBR untouched and a standard MBR that only listed my FreeBSD partition was installed. I had to boot my OSX install dvd and run fdisk to fix the MBR. -- Chris ----------------------------------------- http://twitter.com/chrisattack http://chrisattack.com
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?58c737d70909262054k7c7b1402w4f9c902fdca2640c>