9.1-RC2 - could it be that the installer does not write the MBR?

[Rainer Duffner]

Am Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:32:49 -0700
schrieb Adrian Chadd <adrian at freebsd.org>:

> Guys/girls/etc,
> 
> I do suggest that someone actually spends some time coming up with a
> table of "what the current state is", "what we could do", "what would
> happen if we did that."
> 
> Right now there's a lot of possibilities (new drive, drive with
> windows, drive with linux, drive with linux/windows, drive with legacy
> freebsd MBR, etc) and as an outsider trying to figure out what is
> actually the "right" sounding behaviour, it's difficult for me to sit
> down and digest all these emails that chip away at a bit of the
> problem at a time.
> 
> So if you'd like to see this fixed, I really do suggest that one of
> you dumps some time into coming up with a basic table like I said
> above, work with others who can correct/flesh out the various options
> to take into account, and then we can come up with a real solution.
> Then 9.1 can go out the door.
> 


If I select the "entire disk" for FreeBSD, I think it's a reasonable
assumption that the MBR should replaced, too.
Please don't make people install FreeBSD 9.0 first on disks with
non-FreeBSD MRRs and then upgrade to 9.1.