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?