>Number: 167222 >Category: misc >Synopsis: FreeBSD 8.3 corrupting MBR partition table after installation >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Apr 23 07:20:10 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Faltu >Release: 8.3 >Organization: Hobbist >Environment: >Description: Before installation screenshot from ubuntu live CD
http://i.imgur.com/YIlpA.png After installation screenshot from ubuntu live CD http://i.imgur.com/AJm8B.png >How-To-Repeat: - Boot from Ubuntu live cd - Create 3 primary linux - ext3 partitions of 10GB each by $sudo fdisk /dev/sda - Boot from FreeBSD 8.3 i386 - Install FreeBSD 8.3 on the remaining space on the disk by first creating a slice in the 4th primary partition of 50GB and auto allocate the FreeBSD file system inside the slice - Boot from Ubuntu live cd and do $sudo fdisk /dev/sda The whole partition table has been messed up by FreeBSD installer as shown in the following screenshots : Before installation screenshot from ubuntu live CD http://i.imgur.com/YIlpA.png After installation screenshot from ubuntu live CD http://i.imgur.com/AJm8B.png >Fix: Not known >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: _______________________________________________ freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-bugs-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
