Re: Installer seems to overwrite partition table

[Michael Neumann <mneumann@xxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Dillon wrote:
> :Hi there,
> :
> :I installed DF 2 days ago (the 1.12.1 release). I've choosen a primary partition for the installation (/dev/hda2 in linux slang) and installed the bootlocker on ad0.
> :
> :After the reboot my laptop hung immediately. I couldn't even see the BIOS password dialog anymore. Whenever I try to reach my bios setup via F2 it crashes on the way.
> :
> :Without the harddisk it is possible to boot the notebook without any problems.
> :
> :I bought an external HD case and tried to mount the HD with a live CD: no partition table...
> :
> :I can't find any reports for that issue, so I thought I will let you know.
> :
> :Do you need any further information about my hardware?
> :
> :And is there a way to recover the table?
> :
> :greets from Germany.
> :
> :HennR
>
>      Usually boot hangs are due to ide disk translation issues and BIOS mode
>      settings for IDE disks, but I'm afraid I can't really help much.  The
>      installer wasn't really designed for multi-boot systems.

I had the very same problem [1] with a Bullman laptop. I need to pass
"-C" to fdisk (which is the default on FreeBSD). This also means that
you have to install manually. Would be nice to be able to tell the 
installer to use option -C.

Greets from Germany as well ;-)

  Michael


[1]: http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/mailarchive/kernel/2007-08/msg00062.html