Subject: port-i386/27080: Cannot change type/install on unknown MBR partition
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.NetBSD.org>
From: David Brownlee <abs@absd.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 09/29/2004 15:55:35
>Number: 27080
>Category: port-i386
>Synopsis: Cannot change type/install on unknown MBR partition
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: high
>Responsible: port-i386-maintainer
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed Sep 29 14:56:00 UTC 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: David Brownlee
>Release: NetBSD 2.0_RC1
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD forsaken 2.0_BETA NetBSD 2.0_BETA (_ACPI_) #3: Wed Sep 22 01:58:33 BST 2004 root@tll.i.purplei.com:/var/obj/i386/files/netbsd/2.0/sys/arch/i386/compile/_ACPI_ i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
In sysinst selecting 'Edit MBR partition' and attempting to select
a partition of type 5 'Unknown (5)' fails as it is not possible to
change the kind - option a cannot be selected.
>How-To-Repeat:
Set an MBR partition to type 5 and be unable to install
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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