I use the amd64 install DVD. With or without deleting, I can't format a bootable FreeBSD partition to ada0s1, aka Linux /dev/sda1. FWIW if I reinstall GRUB legacy to /dev/sda, the boot flag will be set for the extended partition. /dev/sda1 is an empty ext3 partition, size 57.83 GiB.
Regards, Ralf PS: spinymouse@q:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000f2fc6 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 63 121274684 60637311 83 Linux /dev/sda2 * 121274746 625137344 251931299+ 5 Extended /dev/sda5 121274748 183751469 31238361 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda6 183751533 246421034 31334751 83 Linux /dev/sda7 246421098 309283379 31431141 83 Linux /dev/sda8 309283443 361967615 26342086+ 83 Linux /dev/sda9 361969664 435617791 36824064 83 Linux /dev/sda10 435618603 440164934 2273166 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda11 440164998 561873374 60854188+ 83 Linux /dev/sda12 561873438 569215079 3670821 83 Linux /dev/sda13 569215143 615514409 23149633+ 83 Linux /dev/sda14 615514473 625137344 4811436 83 Linux spinymouse@q:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000525e5 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 63 42973874 21486906 83 Linux /dev/sdb2 42973936 976768064 466897064+ 5 Extended /dev/sdb5 42973938 85931684 21478873+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb6 85931748 128696714 21382483+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb7 128696778 133789319 2546271 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sdb8 133789383 175943879 21077248+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb9 175943943 219190859 21623458+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb10 219190923 220211199 510138+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb11 220213248 246687743 13237248 83 Linux /dev/sdb12 246689792 347549695 50429952 83 Linux /dev/sdb13 347550273 557309951 104879839+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb14 557312000 976766975 209727488 83 Linux spinymouse@q:~$ sudo grub-install /dev/sda Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub Installing GRUB to /dev/sda as (hd0)... Installation finished. No error reported. This is the contents of the device map /boot/grub/device.map. Check if this is correct or not. If any of the lines is incorrect, fix it and re-run the script `grub-install'. (fd0) /dev/fd0 (hd0) /dev/sda (hd1) /dev/sdb _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
