[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #7930: Installer doesn't install bootman and DriveSetup doesn't set the created partition as active, leading to unbootable system

  • From: "pulkomandy" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:43:01 -0000

#7930: Installer doesn't install bootman and DriveSetup doesn't set the created
partition as active, leading to unbootable system
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   Reporter:  HaikuReactOSTrac        |      Owner:  korli
       Type:  enhancement             |     Status:  new
   Priority:  normal                  |  Milestone:  R1
  Component:  Applications/Installer  |    Version:  R1/Development
 Resolution:                          |   Keywords:
 Blocked By:                          |   Blocking:
Has a Patch:  0                       |   Platform:  All
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Comment (by pulkomandy):

 I changed the description because what was stated before (virtualbox and
 all that) doesn't have anything to do with the actual problem.

 There are several solutions to it :
  * Drivesetup could put a default MBR when creating the partition map. I
 don't think it does
  * It could also activate the created partition if it is the only one on
 the drive
  * Or, this could be fixed in installer by detecting an empty MBR and
 asking to install bootman on it

 I didn't propose any solution, just made the ticket title related to the
 involved tools. Before it sounded like a hardware crash early in
 bootloader or kernel boot, now it's clear that it's just a missing MBR,
 and thus a problem at install time.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/7930#comment:18>
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