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From: Joseph Mallett <jmallett@xMach.org>
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Subject: sysinstall provides no way to overwrite MBR without repartitioning.
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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-qa
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          wish
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jul 07 17:40:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:    Mon Dec 10 17:13:23 PST 2001
>Last-Modified:  Mon Dec 10 17:14:47 PST 2001
>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:
State-Changed-From-To: open->analyzed 
State-Changed-By: murray 
State-Changed-When: Sun Sep 23 23:38:49 PDT 2001 
State-Changed-Why:  
I agree that we should add this functionality to sysinstall. 



Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-qa 
Responsible-Changed-By: murray 
Responsible-Changed-When: Sun Sep 23 23:38:49 PDT 2001 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
ra ra freebsd-qa list! 

http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=28800 
State-Changed-From-To: analyzed->closed 
State-Changed-By: jhb 
State-Changed-When: Mon Dec 10 17:13:23 PST 2001 
State-Changed-Why:  
This functionality already exists in sysinstall and has for a very, very 
long time.  I've used it quite frequently.  Simply start up sysinstall, 
choose Configure -> FDisk, choose a disk, then hit 'W' to force a write. 
It will then prompt asking what type of MBR boot loader to use.  Choose 
which one you want and it will then update the MBR. 

http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=28800 
>Unformatted:
