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Date:      Thu, 14 Jan 2016 00:31:01 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Eric van Gyzen <vangyzen@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r293860 - head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts
Message-ID:  <201601140031.u0E0V1BR066619@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: vangyzen
Date: Thu Jan 14 00:31:00 2016
New Revision: 293860
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/293860

Log:
  bsdinstall: Suggest the GPT+Active workaround on Dell T5810
  
  The Dell Precision Tower 5810 fails to boot from GPT in Legacy/BIOS mode
  without the Active flag in the Protective MBR.  Suggest the workaround
  during installation.
  
  Since an increasing number of Dell systems exhibit this behavior,
  I imagine all Dells past a certain date will do so.  I would like
  to suggest the workaround for all Dells with a BIOS date of, say,
  2014 or later, but I would need to test a variety of systems before
  committing such a change.
  
  Reviewed by:	allanjude, dteske
  MFC after:	5 days
  Relnotes:	We should probably suggest using GPT+Active on "recent" Dells.
  Sponsored by:	Dell Inc.
  Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D4075

Modified:
  head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/auto

Modified: head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/auto
==============================================================================
--- head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/auto	Thu Jan 14 00:26:31 2016	(r293859)
+++ head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/auto	Thu Jan 14 00:31:00 2016	(r293860)
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ if f_interactive; then
 		;;
 	"Dell Inc.")
 		case "$sys_model" in
-		"Latitude E7440"|"Latitude E7240")
+		"Latitude E7440"|"Latitude E7240"|"Precision Tower 5810")
 			dialog_workaround "$msg_gpt_active_fix"
 			retval=$?
 			f_dprintf "gpt_active_fix_prompt=[%s]" "$retval"



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