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Date:      Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:29:02 GMT
From:      Kalten <kalten@gmx.at>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   misc/161113: bsdinstall: 9.0-BETA3: overwrites Win*-bootcodes without warning?
Message-ID:  <201109282229.p8SMT2ma070913@red.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <201109282230.p8SMU8Ww036468@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         161113
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       bsdinstall: 9.0-BETA3: overwrites Win*-bootcodes without warning?
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Sep 28 22:30:08 UTC 2011
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Kalten
>Release:        
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD freeHugin.&#8203;Walhalla.&#8203;Leben 9.0-BE­TA3 #0: Sat Sep 24 21:21:28 UTC 2011 root@&#8203;farrell.&#8203;cse.&#8203;buffalo.&#8203;edu:/&#8203;usr/&#8203;obj/&#8203;usr/&#8203;src/&#8203;sys/&#8203;GENERIC amd64
>Description:
Created new partitions and slices (MBR-Mode).
bsdinstall has overwritten Win7 boot code, es it seems---no questions any more (like in sysinstall) wether we want it to do this or not!?

(Win7 still there (mountable in freeBSD), but not bootable.
Neither ``Startup repair'' nor bootrec in the ``command Prompt'' of Win7's DVD could repair it---althoug dir works on it in the mentioned win-cmd-prompt.)

I am sure, that I am not the only one who would appreciate it very much, if we had the chance to choose wether to write down a bootloader into the disk or not (as we had with sysinstall)
>How-To-Repeat:
Created new partitions and slices (MBR-Mode) in new installer called bsdinstall.
>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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