Re: libfdisk doesn't get along with FreeBSD partitions
Vilmos Soti <vilmos@vilmos.org> writes:
> On Tue, May 1 2000, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
>
> > Vilmos Soti <vilmos@vilmos.org> writes:
> >
> > > Hi, I tried the bootdisks for both potato and 2.1r4 and both failed
> > > to boot. It seems there are some problems with my machine although
> > > it finely boots RedHat from the hard disk. No message, just boot
> > > failed.
> >
> > Hmm. Did you get the syslinux screen? Avoid the "compact" flavor --
> > I suggest trying the vanilla flavor or idepci.
>
> Yes, I got it. Here is the interesting (?) part:
>
> boot:
> Loading Linux.................
> Boot failed: Please change disks and press any key to continue
>
> This was the disk image rescue.bin from
> /debian/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/2.2.12-2000-04-26/images-1.44/
> I think this is what you refer to as vanilla flavor.
>
> I also got the same error with the 2.1r4 rescue.bin disk.
Oy. Please file a bug, probably severity important, against
syslinux. Describe your hardware and BIOS as completely as possible.
> > Please followup on this because lack of freebsd compat seems like a
> > serious bug to me.
[...]
> So it would royally screw up my disk... This happened to me when I
> wanted to install Debian back in August or July. Now it seems the
> Debian install kernel doesn't recognize the BSD partitions anymore
> so there is no problem.
>
> I didn't do the Debian install just checked if it is fine. According
> what I read from dmesg and fdisk/cfdisk output, it seems the bug is
> gone. Now I think the ticket can be closed.
Excellent. Already done.
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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