Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 20:44:30 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> To: thallgren@yahoo.com (Tommy Hallgren) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Active partition flag is cleared by -STABLE Message-ID: <199810201844.UAA01909@ceia.nordier.com> In-Reply-To: <19981020182219.575.rocketmail@send104.yahoomail.com> from Tommy Hallgren at "Oct 20, 98 11:22:19 am"
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Tommy Hallgren wrote: > I'm running -STABLE and this weekend I cvsup'ed and made world as > usual. > > Some changes to FreeBSD was made recently that makes FreeBSD clear the > "active partition" mark for my first IDE disk. It's very annoying to > have to use a bootdisk and run fdisk.exe everytime I reboot my compter. > > My configuration is: > ABit AX5 motherboard > Intel Pentium 200 MMX > 64MB RAM > FireGL 1000Pro gfx card > > Primary IDE interface: > disk 0: Quantum 1280. Entire disk i FAT32/Win95. BIOS type is "LBA". > This is the partition marked active. > disk 1: Hitachi CD-ROM > > Secondary IDE interface: > disk 0: IBM Deskstar 4 4.3G. BIOS type is "Normal" > About 500MB DOS, rest is BSD. > disk 1: no disk > > I also upgraded my motherboard BIOS this weekend. Of course it *can* > be the BIOS that causes this bug, but I think that's unlikely. I can't > remember when the problems started, so I wouldn't rule anything out. Have you actually changed your boot blocks or partition manager recently? Does this happen only once you've booted FreeBSD, or even if you go straight into Windows? Incidentally, it is probably a good plan to send a report like this to freebsd-bugs, using send-pr. Messages sent to -hackers are quite likely to be ignored, unless they catch someone's eye immediately. -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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