Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 17:30:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Joseph Mallett <jmallett@xMach.org> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/28800: sysinstall provides no way to overwrite MBR without repartitioning. Message-ID: <200107080030.f680UCJ07182@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 28800 >Category: misc >Synopsis: sysinstall provides no way to overwrite MBR without repartitioning. >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: wish >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Jul 07 17:40:00 PDT 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Joseph Mallett >Release: 5.0-CURRENT >Organization: NA >Environment: NA >Description: I've been having MBR issues with my new 5.0C box all day, and I've discovered that an (easy) way to overwrite the MBR (i.e. change to booteasy) on a disk without having to repartition would be nice, or maybe it just isn't obvious enough how to do it. >How-To-Repeat: Try to change MBR contents from sysinstall without going through partition and commit. >Fix: none. >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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