Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 07:09:35 -0800 (PST) From: Nehal <nehalmistry@gmx.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/73617: sysinstall fdisk editor unmarks active partition Message-ID: <200411061509.iA6F9ZBL002213@Nehal.Home> Resent-Message-ID: <200411061510.iA6FASuO020781@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 73617 >Category: misc >Synopsis: sysinstall fdisk editor unmarks active partition >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Nov 06 15:10:27 GMT 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Nehal Mistry >Release: FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD Nehal.Home 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov 5 04:19:18 UTC 2004 root@harlow.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: my win2k/ntfs partition is marked as active, but when starting the sysinstall fdisk utility, it doesn't show any partition as active. if i go ahead and write to disk without manually setting the active partition, the next boot will boot into freebsd instead of windows. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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