Subject: bin/36223: fdisk doesn't honour -f flag in all cases
To: None <gnats-admin@netbsd.org, netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org>
From: None <milos.negovanovic@googlemail.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 04/26/2007 08:35:00
>Number: 36223
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: When running fdisk in non interactive mode it still performs checks
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Thu Apr 26 08:35:00 +0000 2007
>Originator: Milos Negovanovic
>Release: NetBSD 4.0_BETA2
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD piccolo 4.0_BETA2 NetBSD 4.0_BETA2 (piccolo4) #0: Fri Feb 9 07:48:59 GMT 2007 milosn@piccolo:/home/stuff/build/netbsd/4/obj/sys/arch/i386/compile/piccolo4 i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
>How-To-Repeat:
I guess by running fdisk with -f flag on previosly dd-ed disk device.
>Fix:
None ATM.
>Unformatted:
for the presence of MBR and ocasionaly it asks for one to be installed if not
present. Is this a feature or a "logical" bug?
for the presence of MBR and ocasionaly it asks for one to be installed if not
present. Is this a feature or a "logical" bug?