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Bug 3486

Summary:	lilo fails if dos partition is invalid
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	chris
Component:	installer	Assignee:	Matt Wilson <msw>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	6.0
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
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Last Closed:	1999-07-07 16:44:41 UTC	Type:	---
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Description chris 1999-06-15 19:57:26 UTC

make all new partition table, including linux (type=83),
swap (type=82), a vfat (type=c) partition.  When lilo tries
to install the bootloader in the MBR (/dev/hda, NOT
/dev/hda1), it fails, probably because the DOS partition has
not yet been formatted.  Clearing the partition from the
list of partitions to mount/boot with lilo permits the
install to continue, otherwise you're stuck.

Comment 1 Jay Turner 1999-06-16 19:09:59 UTC

We are aware of this issue and are going to provide better wording in
future releases in order to prevent this type of thing.

Comment 2 Jay Turner 1999-07-07 16:44:59 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 4 ***