Install bug - 4.9 stable - post install circular reboot

kblists at comcast.net kblists at comcast.net
Mon Jan 12 15:59:50 PST 2004


Thanks to Stuart Barkley detailed suggestion:

>(From memory, YMMV) Reboot for the installation CD into sysinstall.
>Select "Configure"  then "Fdisk".  In fdisk select "W" this will cause
>the MBR to be rewritten correctly (I always select the FreeBSD boot
>manager, I don't know if that is necessary).

I was able to get my 4.9 to boot.

Ian,

> That's three of us now. Maybe this should go in the errata?

Obsolutely.  As I said in my original posting.  I'm re-evaluating BSD for the 
2nd time,  and I was inches away ending my evaluation with the concensus that 
BSD is not worth my time in 2004.


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