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: >Date-Required: >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: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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