Opened 9 years ago
Last modified 5 years ago
#5980 assigned enhancement
[DriveSetup] add a "FixMBR" command
| Reported by: | starsseed | Owned by: | nobody |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | R1 |
| Component: | Applications/DriveSetup | Version: | R1/alpha2 |
| Keywords: | MBR | Cc: | planche2k@… |
| Blocked By: | Blocking: | ||
| Has a Patch: | no | Platform: | x86 |
Description
When a disk already contains an Intel partition table, you can't write the boot code in the MBR (except to play with "dd" and a 'good' MBR)
As a workaround, you must :
-clean the MBR with DiskProbe ( write zeros to replace all the MBR content, especially the last 2 bytes).
-reboot
-create the partition table, create and format the partition.
Since USB flash drives rarely have a working MBR boot code, the installation is very difficult for unexperienced users.
http://www.haiku-os.org/community/forum/bootable_usb
It's also a problem if you have multiple partitions on your disk.
Then DriveSetup need a command "FixMBR" to write the boot code.
Change History (4)
comment:1 Changed 9 years ago by
| Cc: | planche2k@… added |
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comment:2 Changed 9 years ago by
comment:3 Changed 5 years ago by
| Owner: | changed from stippi to siarzhuk |
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| Status: | new → assigned |
Going to publish this as GCI 2013 task.
comment:4 Changed 5 years ago by
| Owner: | changed from siarzhuk to nobody |
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It looks like too hot for GCI teens. Sorry. :-\
#5595 "implement cli application : writembr" is somewhat related.