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From: sparkstp@home.com
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Subject: sysinstall - fdisk does not properly "dangerously dedicate" a disk
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>Number:         26933
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       sysinstall - fdisk does not properly "dangerously dedicate" a disk
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    eric
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Apr 28 14:30:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:    Tue Sep 4 17:57:54 PDT 2001
>Last-Modified:  Tue Sep 04 17:59:25 PDT 2001
>Originator:     Tim Sparks
>Release:        4.2-RELEASE, 4.3-20010428
>Organization:
Hybrid Systems Technology
>Environment:
FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE: 0#
>Description:
When allocating disk space using the fdisk utiltiy, selecting
"A = Use Entire Disk" command, no dialog box pops up to confirm 
the dedication of the entire disk. Two partitions are created. 
Th first partion starts at 0 and ends at 62 and is marked as
"unused". The compatibilty partition? The second partition 
uses the remaining disk space.

>How-To-Repeat:
Boot up installation system using 4.3-RELEASE kern.flp/mfsroot.flp
configure devices as required
When the systems runs sysinstall, select Standard.
Toggle through the dialogue boxes to get to the Fdisk Partition Editor
Select "A = Use Entire Disk"

>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: David Taylor <davidt@yadt.co.uk>
To: sparkstp@home.com
Cc:  
Subject: Re: misc/26933: sysinstall - fdisk does not properly "dangerously dedicate" a disk
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 23:30:55 +0100

 > >Description:
 > When allocating disk space using the fdisk utiltiy, selecting
 > "A = Use Entire Disk" command, no dialog box pops up to confirm 
 > the dedication of the entire disk. Two partitions are created. 
 > Th first partion starts at 0 and ends at 62 and is marked as
 > "unused". The compatibilty partition? The second partition 
 > uses the remaining disk space.
 > 
 
 Try reading the help (F1, whilst in fdisk, IIRC).
 
 Dangerously dedicated mode is depreciated, and can only be activated through
 the 'F' (?) command, which is presumably deliberately not displayed on the
 menu.
 
 -- 
 David Taylor
 davidt@yadt.co.uk
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->jkh 
Responsible-Changed-By: kris 
Responsible-Changed-When: Mon Apr 30 13:20:09 PDT 2001 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
jkh is the sysinstall maintainer 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=26933 
Responsible-Changed-From-To: jkh->eric 
Responsible-Changed-By: jkh 
Responsible-Changed-When: Thu Aug 30 17:08:17 PDT 2001 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
Because eric's not paying attention at the moment. 

http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=26933 
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: jhb 
State-Changed-When: Tue Sep 4 17:57:54 PDT 2001 
State-Changed-Why:  
As the audit trail indicates, the observed behavior is correct because 
dangerously dedicated (DD) mode is deprecated.  DD is known to cause some 
BIOS's to _crash_ and thus should _not_ be used unless the system refuses 
to boot with a AT BIOS-compliant mbr. 

http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=26933 
>Unformatted:
